text: An extracurricular activity also looks better on a college application. Nowadays, colleges and universities look into what you do after school. Do you do extracurricular activities or do you just do school? They would be looking for what extracurricular activities you did in middle or high school. If you did some activity after school, you will have a slightly higher chance of making it into a university or college. They will think, "Wow, Generic_Name did a lot of extracurricular activities. He was on the student council, in the geography and maps club, and into theater. That looks great!", if you did activities after school.