众所周知，申请美国本科，材料中有一项是课外活动。那么，在评审委员的眼中，到底什么是课外活动？其实，评审委员对课外活动的定义很广，基本就是“非高中课堂学习”和“非学校直接组织的活动”。美国评审委员会一般会把课外活动归类为：社区服务、志愿者服务、家族活动、和个人兴趣爱好。

以下清单是一个细分，供大家借鉴（可能会有重复）。

• Arts: music, dance, painting, photography, creative writing and other creative endeavors.

艺术类：申请者在音乐、舞蹈、绘画、摄影、写作或者其他方面的天赋。（包括参加过的活动、比赛和奖项）

• Clubs: Chess club, debate, role playing club, language clubs, film club, skateboarding club.

社团/组织：棋类/桥牌类兴趣小组、辩论会、外语沙龙、表演社、影视制作组等各种类型的社团或者兴趣小组。

• Community activity: event organizing, festival staff, and many other activities that are organized through the community, not the school.
  社区活动：各种当地社区的活动组织策划、节日欢庆等活动。
• Governance: Student government, student council, prom committee, advisory boards and so on.
  管理团队：学生会、学生管理团队、学生咨询团队、功课辅导小组等各种学生自发组织的管理团队活动。
• Hobbies: Be creative here. Also, colleges are interested in your passion whether it be rocketry, model railroads, collecting, blogging or quilting. These interests show that you have interests outside of the classroom and your passion and determination towards them.

  兴趣爱好：创新的好地方。录取委员会的成员想从你的兴趣爱好中发现你对一件事情的热情、钻研和执着的精神。

• Media: local television, school radio or television, yearbook staff, school newspaper, literary journal, blogging and online journaling, local newspaper, and any other work that leads to a television show, movie or publication (online or print).

媒体活动：当地电视台活动、学校广播和学校电台、个人网络博客和新闻评论、个人发表的文章、图画和刊物。

• Sports: Football, baseball, hockey, dance, lacrosse, swimming, soccer, skiing, cheerleading and so on.

体育活动： 足球、网球、曲棍球、游泳、舞蹈、滑雪、等各种体育活动，包括组织或者参加的啦啦队活动。

Volunteer Work: Fund-raising, Rotary, church outreach, hospital work (candy striping), animal rescue, and any other work that helps the world and is not for pay.

各种志愿者活动：各种形式的集资、医院义工、动物救助，和其他任何“帮助社会、不收回报”的行为。