About ExtracurricularHub
What is ExtracurricularHub?
ExtracurricularHub is a free discovery platform that helps high school students find extracurricular opportunities — competitions, internships, summer programs, scholarships, volunteering, clubs, and leadership experiences. We organize 1,719 vetted programs in one searchable place so students can more easily find activities that match their interests, goals, grade level, location, and schedule.
Who it's for
- High school students (freshmen through seniors) building a focused extracurricular profile for college applications.
- Parents and counselors looking for a trusted reference of reputable programs and deadlines.
- Universities, nonprofits, and companies offering opportunities to high schoolers who want to reach motivated students nationwide.
- Teachers, club advisors, and mentors curating opportunity lists for their students.
What types of opportunities are listed
- Summer programs and pre-college courses
- Internships open to high school students
- Research opportunities in STEM, social science, and humanities
- Academic, creative, and entrepreneurship competitions
- Scholarships and fellowship programs
- Volunteer and community service programs
- Leadership programs
- Arts, music, and performing arts programs
- Clubs, fellowships, and other extracurricular experiences
Why we exist
Information about high school opportunities is scattered across school bulletin boards, university websites, social media threads, and word of mouth. Students with strong networks tend to hear about more programs than students without those networks — a gap that has nothing to do with talent or motivation. ExtracurricularHub exists to close that gap by making opportunity information centralized, searchable, and free.
How opportunities are selected and organized
Programs are curated by our editorial team and supplemented by direct submissions from organizations. Each listing includes the program name, organizing institution, eligibility, deadlines, location, format (in-person, virtual, or hybrid), cost, and a direct link to the program's official application.
Editorial standards and verification
Every listing passes a five-step, automated-plus-human pipeline before publication: (1) source review against the program's official website, (2) eligibility and grade-range check, (3) cost and deadline capture — deadlines display the date we last verified them, (4) automated re-verification each application cycle, and (5) editorial review before the listing goes live. Listings are corrected or removed when programs change; anyone can report an error from the listing page or via contact.
We link every program to its official application page and never charge organizations to be listed or students to use the site. Aggregate catalog data is published openly on the statistics page with a CC BY 4.0 downloadable dataset.
Who runs ExtracurricularHub
ExtracurricularHub was founded by Parker, a high school student who built the tool he wished existed while researching programs himself, and is maintained with a small editorial team. That origin shapes the rules the site runs on: everything is free for students, every listing links to the official source, and editorial decisions are made from the student's side of the table. Read a note from our founder.
How organizations can submit opportunities
Universities, nonprofits, companies, and program organizers can submit their high-school programs through our submission form. Submissions are reviewed by our editorial team before being added to the directory. There is no fee to be listed.