GSQT – The scholarship committee cares about the candidate’s interests because they want to make sure you’re a well-rounded student who cares about your own physical and mental health.

Hobbies include mental and physical activity that helps us maintain a healthy and balanced lifestyle. All creativity comes from this foundation.

Express your personality and identity

The scholarship committee cares about the candidate’s interests because extracurricular activities show part of your personality and identity. Through what you show, the admissions committee will recognize a part of your identity: what you are passionate about, how dedicated you are to that passion, what you have learned and developed from it…

In addition to the academic knowledge you learn in school, pursuing a hobby helps you perfect your soft skills, provides you with real-world experiences, and makes up for the missing parts that books and teachers cannot. can teach you all. For example, reading a lot of literature can help you increase your empathy and better manage your emotions (EQ).

Therefore, when talking about hobbies, make it clear what your hobby is, how you nurtured it. Don’t say in my spare time I like to read books. Please be specific about what genre of books you like to read and how much you know about it.

Many benefits from cultivating hobbies

Extracurricular activities are an integral part of any study abroad application, whether you intend to apply for a scholarship or not.

Extracurricular activities always start with your hobbies and interests. The dictionary defines “hobby” as an activity done regularly in leisure time for pleasure. They can be physical activities like gardening, playing sports, exercising, or they can be mental activities like reading, drawing, taking pictures, playing music…

Neuroscientists agree that mental and physical activity both improve mental performance. According to Harvard Health, physical activity enhances memory and thinking through both direct and indirect means.

Physical activity promotes health and stimulates the release of growth factors, brain chemicals that strengthen brain cells, the growth of new blood vessels in the brain, and even the brain. produce new brain cells. That’s why the scholarship committee cares about the candidate’s interests.