text: Future applications are also deeply affected by if a student was in an extracurricular or not. High school applications, college applications, job applications, it doesn't matter, they are all affected by extracurriculars. These types of applications are always looking for if the student, or future employee, is well rounded. Well rounded means that besides academics, the student participated in after school things. This is exactly what the principal is trying to do, and it makes sense. If a student applied to a high school, for example, and they barely participated in any after school activites, their chances of getting in would be very low compared to a student who participated in multiple things. Many students have dreams of getting into big high schools and colleges, getting their dream job, etc. But thats not possible if their participation in extracurriculars is low, which is why a student must participate in at least one, and then slowly over time, they would participate in more.