text: Secondly, requiring students to join extracurricular activities could help students get into better colleges. Don't believe me? Well, a statement released by Harvard University said that 80% of colleges look for (and accept) students who participated in one or more extracurricular activities. To put it simply, after school activities have been known to assist students in getting into better schools. This relates because it shows how kids and teens who entered after school activities could manage getting into excellent colleges and create a better future for themselves. This matters due to how it shows that extracurriculars can broaden the horizon for students.