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Not another badge to collect: CCA transcripts should not become another rat race

It’s good that students are exploring their different interests and strengths, but how can CCAs not become another source of stress to build one’s ‘ideal’ personal brand or portfolio?

A CCA transcript can help employers see a student's performance beyond academics. PHOTO: ST FILE
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Speak to second-year National University of Singapore (NUS) student Stanley Mak about his school life, and he sounds busier than some working adults.

On top of classes, the 23-year-old information systems undergraduate is in three co-curricular activities (CCAs). He holds a leadership position in NUS Entrepreneurship Society, is partnership director in NUS Students’ Computing Club, and is a Web designer in NUS Fintech Society. 

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