These colleges not only look at your gpa and test scores, but they also look at what your extra-curricular activities are. For my teaching career, my activities are quite perfect: sports and tutoring. Doing sports gives me valuable experience, especially towards becoming a physical education teacher. The more experience I have with sports, the more I learn. As for tutoring, I already get 'hands on learning' without even starting college. ('Hands on learning' is the motto for cal poly also). Tutoring kids gives me great, valuable experience. This experience not only gives me ways to improve my teaching skills but also makes me feel the student-to-teacher relationship. With excellent teaching experience, before even becoming a teacher, gains my chances of going to these schools.
Hope you are having fun on the trip Ryan! Good luck getting into UCSB and CalPoly
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