Extracurricular activities.

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Does anyone do extracurricular activities at school?
It does seem to be useful for when you're applying to university or equivalent and I suppose for making friends in some cases. I don't because I only stay at school for the longest I need to and then I'm outta there! Plus my social anxieties puts me off trying to go to one. That's probably why I look for other stuff by myself or on the net.
Is there a real emphasis on it at your (whoever might be reading this ) school or college or university or whatever?

I never did anything serious in terms of extracurriculars. I volunteered at my church (even though I was agnostic at the time) and did some things with the Latin club. Oh, and I dabbled into the debate team. But with the exception of church, none of these were on a regular basis.

I am a member of a number of extracurricular activities at my high school. I'm on the Yearbook staff; I'm in Drama Club; I'm on the literary magazine staff; I'm in student council (though I've haven't been very active in it this year); I'm in Spanish Club; and I'm in the educational talent search.

I did quite a few extracurricular activities at school - various reading clubs, chess, choir, orchestra, a lower school assistance scheme - because I was interested in all those things. I think I got a lot out of them and hope other people got a lot out of me doing them.

If there's an extracurricular activity at school that looks interesting, it's definitely worth going in for it. Often having everyone focused on one topic of interest to all helps smooth social situations that would otherwise be difficult. There's also a limit as to how much social teasing can happen when a teacher who is interested (or better still passionate) about the subject of the activity is running the activity.

If no such activity exists, you might want to consider starting one of your own based around an interest you have. That said, for the purposes of university/college applications, an out-of-school club is as good as an in-school one, so it's worth looking up groups in your area that do things in your area(s) of interest. That was certainly the case with the universities I applied to - they looked upon all types of club as interesting things that rounded out a candidate. They did favour students who could show evidence of at least one (in- or out-of-school) extracurricular activity because there was emphasis on students pursuing a rounded lifestyle, possibly promoted by the 200+ clubs on offer by various parts of the university!

Part-time jobs, work experience and sporting activities (group or individual, but preferably as a member of a club and/or taken to competitive level) were also looked upon favourably.

I don't do any, not one. I hate school as it is, I use my spare time to escape from it.