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How many out-of-class activities and organizations are you involved in? What benefit(s) do you get from out-of-class activities?

Date: October 12, 2021
Audience: Students

On October 12, 2021 we asked 735 registered student users:

Student Leadership Development wants to know how many out-of-class activities and organizations are you involved in?
and
What benefit(s) do you get from out-of-class activities?

Student Leadership Development had requested these questions as a followup to their Depth over Breadth campaign, which encourages students to ask themselves what matters the most and invest their time in these areas, committing to doing a few things with passion, purpose, and intent, rather than spreading themselves too thin.

2 column table with poll results
Student Leadership Development wants to know how many out-of-class activities and organizations are you involved in?
None 7.3% of responding users
1-2 30.2% of responding users
3-4 42.7% of responding users
5-6 15.6% of responding users
7+ 4.2% of responding users
35% response rate
2 column table with poll results
What benefit(s) do you get from out-of-class activities?
Social 58.4% of responding users
Fun/Stress Relief 53.5% of responding users
Leadership 40.2% of responding users
Service/Impact 36.7% of responding users
Career Development 23.4% of responding users
Don't Engage 4.2% of responding users
Other 0.3% of responding users
39% response rate

 Depth Over Breadth