HiPeople

I personally don't do this, but I've seen so many people from my school do this. And the sad thing is that it works because they get into HYPSM but many of the people who I thought did things because they like them did not (even with similar grades...).

I don't like it because I thought that by doing activities just for colleges, you lose your individuality and high school is more about just getting to a presitigious college...high school is suppose to give you a foundation for the rest of your life.

However, with all that being said, like I said, colleges can't tell the reason you did certain things. I am sure they will be impressed by two club presidents even if one had a different goal than the other. I am asking this also because I've seen club presidents do absolutely NOTHING for the club (they could care less, as long as they are president), but they still write they are the club president on their app (becasue it was just for colleges), and they end up going to top colleges. Just as an example, last year, on the Mandlebrot, our math club president, who got into HYPSM!! came in to take it, and after he found out it was on a Friday afternoon, he was like "wow, why am I wasting my time for this...I already got into all the good colleges," and left. And that really bothers me.

So I am just wondering what you guy's opinions on this is, and have you seen people do this and still go to top colleges?