Originally Posted by
Genghis the Engineer
I'd also be careful of using the word "football", it means different things in different countries.
"Football" implies a game played with your feet and a ball. Generally speaking, most Americans don't seem to pick up on this.
Also, I maintain that academic-type extracurricular activities are far more impressive to a potential employer than participation in intramural sports or fraternities. None of my interviewers asked me about any sports I played in high school, but they all asked me about my extracurricular activities. Some examples of great things to get involved in at college:
Purdue Solar Racing - Purdue Solar Racing
EPICS - Engineering Projects in Community Service
AIAA Student Design/Build/Fly Competition This was my team's report:
http://www.aiaadbf.org/2008_files/Rpt2-Team_Shadow_Drag_Purdue_University.pdf I worked on the initial sizing analysis, configuration trade studies, control testing in our low speed tunnel (if you've never been inside an operating wind tunnel, it's rather fun
), and designed the payload restraint system.