Comments on: Q & A: Getting into Harvard without Getting an Ulcer, Scheduling Research Time, and the Art of Becoming Good http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/04/16/q-a-getting-into-harvard-without-getting-an-ulcer-scheduling-research-time-and-the-art-of-becoming-good/ Demystifying Student Success Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:13:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Study Hacks http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/04/16/q-a-getting-into-harvard-without-getting-an-ulcer-scheduling-research-time-and-the-art-of-becoming-good/#comment-6579 Study Hacks Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:36:40 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/04/16/q-a-getting-into-harvard-without-getting-an-ulcer-scheduling-research-time-and-the-art-of-becoming-good/#comment-6579 <blockquote>So, starting and managing a parkour (something I’m interested in) club at school would be viewed more favourably by the admissions officers than the traditional option of holding down positions in a dozen more boring clubs?</blockquote> Yes. But don't sotp there. Get good. Once you have access to this insider world look for insider opportunities that to the outside observer are particularly unexplainable. For example, you might end up scrounging together financing to hang out in France trying to film your own parcour video. Etc. See my article on "The Art of Activity Innovation" for more information on take the focused idea and making it shine...

So, starting and managing a parkour (something I’m interested in) club at school would be viewed more favourably by the admissions officers than the traditional option of holding down positions in a dozen more boring clubs?

Yes. But don’t sotp there. Get good. Once you have access to this insider world look for insider opportunities that to the outside observer are particularly unexplainable. For example, you might end up scrounging together financing to hang out in France trying to film your own parcour video. Etc. See my article on “The Art of Activity Innovation” for more information on take the focused idea and making it shine…

]]> By: Alvin http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/04/16/q-a-getting-into-harvard-without-getting-an-ulcer-scheduling-research-time-and-the-art-of-becoming-good/#comment-6578 Alvin Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:04:32 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/04/16/q-a-getting-into-harvard-without-getting-an-ulcer-scheduling-research-time-and-the-art-of-becoming-good/#comment-6578 So, starting and managing a parkour (something I'm interested in) club at school would be viewed more favourably by the admissions officers than the traditional option of holding down positions in a dozen more <em>boring</em> clubs? So, starting and managing a parkour (something I’m interested in) club at school would be viewed more favourably by the admissions officers than the traditional option of holding down positions in a dozen more boring clubs?

]]> By: Study Hacks » Blog Archive » On the Beauty of Doing Less http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/04/16/q-a-getting-into-harvard-without-getting-an-ulcer-scheduling-research-time-and-the-art-of-becoming-good/#comment-6394 Study Hacks » Blog Archive » On the Beauty of Doing Less Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:03:23 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/04/16/q-a-getting-into-harvard-without-getting-an-ulcer-scheduling-research-time-and-the-art-of-becoming-good/#comment-6394 [...] I received an interesting e-mail yesterday from a rising sophomore at a top 10 university. He described his high school years, modestly, as “pretty busy,” noting that he was, among other things, a magazine editor, president of the National Honors Society, a nationally ranked debater, and the recipient of a 2300+ score on the SAT — the standard snapshot of a student who gets into a top school. (Remember, of course, that just because it’s standard, doesn’t mean that it’s the only way.) [...] […] I received an interesting e-mail yesterday from a rising sophomore at a top 10 university. He described his high school years, modestly, as “pretty busy,” noting that he was, among other things, a magazine editor, president of the National Honors Society, a nationally ranked debater, and the recipient of a 2300+ score on the SAT — the standard snapshot of a student who gets into a top school. (Remember, of course, that just because it’s standard, doesn’t mean that it’s the only way.) […]

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