Make Your Mark: Extracurricular Impact and Entrepreneurship for Grades 7-10
Most students get to junior year and realize their extracurricular list is long but thin — a lot of clubs they joined but never really led, a lot of activities they participated in without leaving much of a mark.
Starts Wed, Jun 17
4:00 PM UTC · 1h
4 sessions
Joanna
Outcomes, not lecture notes.
Identify opportunities to create meaningful impact within existing activities or through launching something new
Understand how entrepreneurial thinking applies to student life — and why admissions officers love to see it
Distinguish between activities that look impressive on paper and activities that represent genuine growth and impact
Develop a strategy for building leadership within your most meaningful commitments rather than collecting new ones
Learn how to turn a passion or interest into a project, initiative, or organization with real-world reach
Create a concrete plan for the extracurricular moves that will most effectively build your profile through grade 12
Articulate the impact of your activities compellingly for applications, interviews, and essays
Meet Joanna.
Joanna
A proud alumna of Georgetown University, Joanna has decades of experience in the college admissions and standardized testing space. She's a longtime admissions interviewer and current member of the Board of Governors at Georgetown, has worked for standardized test agencies (the Graduate Management Admission Council and HR Certification Institute) and prep companies (Veritas Prep), partnered with a great many admissions offices, and served as a college admissions consultant for hundreds of applicants to elite programs. As a nonprofit marketing executive, she focuses her efforts on educational technology and higher education, and volunteers her spare time at a variety of athletic and military organizations including Dog Tag Bakery, Team Red White & Blue, the Ironman Foundation, and the Pat Tillman Foundation.
Most students get to junior year and realize their extracurricular list is long but thin — a lot of clubs they joined but never really led, a lot of activities they participated in without leaving much of a mark. Make Your Mark is a course for students in grades 7–10 who want to build something more intentional: a track record of real impact, genuine leadership, and entrepreneurial initiative that stands out in competitive college applications and beyond. Led by Joanna Graham, a former Georgetown admissions officer, this course gives students both the strategic framework and the practical tools to stop just showing up and start actually making things happen.
Live Q&A
Cameras / mics optional
Recordings
Available within 1 hour, kept 90 days
Materials
No special materials required
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DAYS21
HRS35
MINWed, Jun 17 • 4:00pm UTC
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Make Your Mark: Extracurricular Impact and Entrepreneurship for Grades 7-10