Committments other than academic? (2 Viewers)

[SoulSearcher]

i reckon before we downloaded messenger, they should have exposed us to pictures of the effects of smoking msn.

Or injecting it into our bloodstream.

 

[passion89]

umm i do: tennis, french speaking thinymo wkly, school council, hockey (field), cello lessons, orchestras, schhol shout group, charities committee, oaktree volunteer, blue dragon (ngo), model united nations, animal welfare, stir, roller hockey.. umm cant remember the rest (neeeeed sleep ) but yeah

Wow...

You rock with your time allocation man.
If you can keep it up, congrats to you

 

[basketcase89]

What is 'stir'?

 

[FranzFerdinand]

quite obviously mixing some doggy-doo.

 

[sleepplease]

basketcase - www.stir.org.au it's a youth movement for MPH
Sofstar - you do oaktree too! how exciting!

 

[yoakim]

sofstar you're a world vision volunteer, cool. i should be one too

 

[Sofstar]

sofstar you're a world vision volunteer, cool. i should be one too

Yes you should. You going to Deep Purple? or is it just a signature thing?

 

[yoakim]

i can choose to go to it, because my friends have spare tickets to front seats. but i dunno yet. i should though considering that it's probably going to be their last concert in australia.

 

[basketcase89]

Can I have a ticket?

 

[w00dy.]

i do 20hrs a week at work (5 nights 4 hours each night) i somehow manage to get everything in regards to school done on time. and of fairly high grade.

 

[Riviet]

Weekly sport training/games and going to gym is good to give yourself a break from your studies/academic programme, also keeps you active.

 

[m0ofin]

umm i do: tennis, french speaking thinymo wkly, school council, hockey (field), cello lessons, orchestras, schhol shout group, charities committee, oaktree volunteer, blue dragon (ngo), model united nations, animal welfare, stir, roller hockey.. umm cant remember the rest (neeeeed sleep ) but yeah

Wow, both you and Softar are charity people, how awesome
Well, my massive amount of commitments include peer support, src, baby-sitting? But hey, I'd love to be a volunteer of some sort.

 

[FranzFerdinand]

But hey, I'd love to be a volunteer of some sort.

might aswell get through some now and cleanse your soul instead of doing some pro bono, non-billable hours in the future.

 

[yoakim]

join st vinnies. good works

 

[ask4moe]

soccer... when im not studying thats all i do.

i used to play computer games like warcraft 3 and Counter strike all day but i gave up that stuff. i enjoy reading so thats not a problem for me, thats probably the reason i get high marks without studying.

Yeah im pretty good at soccer and hope to one day make it big somewhere, but if i dont at least ill have a good education to fall back on =)

 

[Kmahal1990]

Depends what you read...if you just read novels i dont see how that helps you mathematics. And then theres the reading branches - do you read for fun or do you read books that your teacher suggest you read? By that i mean do you read Tom Clancy and David Gammel or do you read Jules Vern?

 

[Kmahal1990]

And has anyone started getting together a portfolio for University admission? I wonder how you can put sports in there...

 

[Kmahal1990]

My teacher said that playing grade sports or showing that you have other committments other that academic during your final year shows, in addition to a high UAI will demonstrate that you are more able to use time efficiently. He said that this quality will increase your chances of gaining scholarships. I do not know if this is true though.

 

[MirrorBall]

15hrs a week at work, a course with a correspondence college, grade 6 piano, managing household because parents do insanely long hours at work, public speaking courses, TAFE courses, a relationship, reading & sleeping (last two committments = most important.)

 

[kateIam]

I'm a trained firefighter with the RFS...it's pretty rewarding