The "Should" or "No Should"??

Sometimes i really question a lot of things.. Once upon a time... people tell me that extra-curricular activities was very very very important when it comes to applying scholarships during the tertiary education stage... Does it??

Ok, i'll admit that i am not active and involved in current university activities due to the time and transport thing.. but i was quite active during secondary school...

notice the past tense???

I really don't get it... If extra-curricular is THAT important.. how come i see people whom i know have not been actively involved in extra curricular activities gets scholarships like nobody's business??

So what is it actually?? Is it important or not??

If it is... then how come i see what i saw?? how is it fair??

I put in a lot of effort in those... but in the end... it seems useless... everybody are standing on the same box... active or not... so should i be spending my time on things that doesn't really help me in anything.. whilst the transportation i am using could be put to better use at other place??

and then how come questions about the active-ness comes up again??

I really don't get it...