When working on the extracurricular activities section of your MBA application, keep the following in mind:

a) It is better to excel at a few hobbies than dabble in many hobbies. Thus you should only highlight the most interesting hobbies.

b) It is best to show active involvement in a hobby over time, including the present time. It can be a mistake to highlight college activities that you have not continued (unless you can be very convincing about picking them up again during the MBA program).

c) It is best to highlight your involvement in group oriented activities rather than solitary activities. Business students are an outgoing bunch, so the admissions committee wants to make sure that you can be sociable with the other students.

d) It is best to use your hobbies to show how you will add to the business school community by becoming a leader of a student club that specializes in this activity (or by showing a desire to create a club if it does not exist). Remember to show the school what is in it for them. How will they benefit from you? How will you contribute to the school?

Do not take this section of the applications lightly! Hobbies and activities are very important in your application process!