Schools Clubs must for grad school admission?

[grlingo]

Hi.

I wonder if extracurriculars are necessary for admission into top graduate schools.
Currently as an undergraduate, I am doing some community work and I am a member of the IEEE student chapter at my university. But I am not much active in the chapter and I won't become an officer. Will it be an obstacle for me while applying to top grad schools like Stanford an MIT?

 

[TMFKAN64]

Not really. Grad schools don't really care about much beyond grades, test scores, research experience, and recommendations.

 

[JUICYWART]

If you're applying to Math/Physics schools, being a university tutor in Math/Physics or a TA may be marginally helpful. It may also help you do better on the subject test. Other than that, volunteer and charity work, while possibly being self-fulfulling, is rather irrelevant on grad school applications.