Do Your

Extracurricular
Activities Affect Your
Performance in
School?
By Bella Alfieri
Michael McHenry
Linshan Du
Total Number of
Respondents: 127
Freshman: 65
Sophomores: 30
Juniors: 24
Seniors: 8
Questions Asked:
What grade level are you?
How many hours a week do you spend on a job?
How many extracurricular groups /activities are you involved
in?
What is your GPA?
How many credit hours are you currently taking?
How many hours a week do you spend on your extracurricular
activities?
Background:
We wanted to see if having a job or
being involved in extracurricular
activities affects students GPA

Negative or positive impact on

academic performance?
Healthy Schedule - Why Its Beneficial
Some students have too much on
their plate, not leaving a lot of time to
focus on their studies

Leaving more room in your schedule

will grant time for:

sleep

exercise

maintaining a healthy diet

How many hours a week do you spend on a job?

0 to 15 hours: between 3.0 and

3.5 GPA

16 to 30 hours: roughly around

3.0 GPA

36 to 40 hours and 56 to 60
hours: roughly around 3.0 GPA
as well

31 to 35 hours and 41 to 55
hours: roughly around 2.0 GPA
How many extracurricular groups/activities are you involved in?
1 to 3 activities: GPA above 3.2

4 to 6 activities: higher GPAs

reaching a 4.0

7 to 9 activities: lower GPAs under

3.0

10 to 12 activities: about a 3.0 GPA

Students with more activities seem to

have lower GPAs

Students with less activities have

higher GPAs
How many credit hours are you currently taking?
1 to 4 credit hours and 21 to
24 hours: almost 3.3 GPA

5 to 8 credit hours: under 2.7

GPA

9 to 16 credit hours: roughly

around 3.0 GPA

17 to 20 credit hours: almost

3.6 GPA
How many hours a week do you spend on your extracurricular
activities?

16 to 20 hours: above a
3.6 GPA

6 to 10 hours: above a
3.0 GPA

All others hours fall

roughly in the same
range: 3.2 or lower
Conclusion:
Our results were inconclusive

No specific relationship between GPA

and extracurricular activities
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