After much thought, I've concluded that that piece about only doing 'character building' things like climbing mountains or charity work all for your C.V. does sound quite shallow. Yes, I agree with youarealoser, you should do the things you like because you want to, not because it looks even better on paper.
But I also stand by the cold hard truth that the one with the better C.V. always wins, and I'd also like to point out that there are very few people in the world who are more concerned about doing something good and right than their own petty lives.
For example, you love the wilderness, so you go hiking for days and days with the barest essentials. It's going to be tough, but hey, you love doing it, and when you come out, you can either lock it away in a box inside your heart with the quiet glow of self-satisfaction, or you can slip it into a couple of lines of text that reads "Completed gruelling survival course" on the piece of paper that's going to make you stand out from 1430 other aspiring applicants.
So I'm not saying that people only do this stuff to fill up their C.V.'s, sometimes it even works out that you actually like what you're doing and it looks good in print. See how convenient that is?
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