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I'm a few years out from applying to b-school, but I'm mulling over how I can develop extracurriculars that admissions officers would find impressive.

Aside from non-profit/volunteerism, what do schools look favorably upon? When you aren't at work, how do you use your free time?
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I'm a few years out from applying to b-school, but I'm mulling over how I can develop extracurriculars that admissions officers would find impressive.

Aside from non-profit/volunteerism, what do schools look favorably upon? When you aren't at work, how do you use your free time?
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Girls, baseball, Sabermetrics, working out
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Lead an expedition to the top of Mount Everest. Introduce a new technology that will save a small village in a third world country. Adopt an orphan (this will really show your maturity). Win a gold medal in the next Olympics. This kind of thing.
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First of all, please don't do something you hate. It's so not worth it.

Second, consider your profile. This is probably a little hard, but you want to appear to be well-rounded, interesting, and a person who gets along with others - a joiner.

Does your sales/marketing job make you look like an outgoing person with no hard skills? Start an investment club with friends.

Are you a no-risks bean-counter? Take up rock climbing.

Unique is good. Leadership is good. Impact is good. Drinking beer with your pals, watching reruns of Friends, reading Danielle Steele novels: not so good.
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brilliantly put, AAu!

I agree with the rest of your proposal, as well, to the OP: don't do anything you hate, just because it may look well in the app. Just do something that makes sense to you, but at the same time shows you are capable of deferring satisfaction.

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I'm a few years out from applying to b-school, but I'm mulling over how I can develop extracurriculars that admissions officers would find impressive.

Aside from non-profit/volunteerism, what do schools look favorably upon? When you aren't at work, how do you use your free time?

Girls, baseball, Sabermetrics, working out
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Old post, but I find it hard to ignore this one.
Hanging out with girls is not something one will include in the application, so I didn't get that comment. Anyhow, its not relevant.

I wanted to touch upon the other activities mentioned here. These are fun activities and only help to show how you indulge your free time. While you continue to participate in activities that hold your interest or you are passionate about, its helpful to take them up at a larger scale where you can motivate others to join you, start a team, captain a team etc. (say baseball) or learn some challenging skills (say sabermetrics).

Volunteering is a great way of contributing your knowledge and skills for the benefit of others and these translate to a bigger impact on the resume. That said, its a good idea to sustain both kinds of activities.