Will starting, organizing, and fundraising on your own count as leadership?
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if you lead it, then yes
Yes.
Not necessarily.
Lots of kids think, in the absence of other good ECs, just raising money makes for “leadership.” Well sure, you can give yourself a title, but that’s not what leadership, as a *quality * or attribute, is about.
@lookingforward so are you saying raising money isn’t enough? could you elaborate?
If a college wants leadership, it’s more than holding a fundraiser. Or starting a club. Certainly, more than just some title.
It’s a pattern in thinking and choices, in the record. And more.
What college targets?
Yes! I do alumni interviews of college students and organizing a fundraiser would count as leadership…but like other s mention,it would look better in the context of work in an organization.
So if you are in the 'Yeah for the Environment Club" for 3 years and you were not elected to an officer position but you suggest a fundraiser for “Save the Manatees” and organize it and fund it and send the funds to the Manatees that will loook better than you have no ECs and you suddenly decide to raise some money. But even that is better than not doing anything…but make sure to figure out how to try to have the fundraiser continue next year…maybe you start clube around it or give the idea to an existing club.
@lookingforward Thanks for the input. I do know many people that are only fundraising/starting a club for the title on their applications, and I’m trying not to be one of them. I’m not aiming for anything extremely prestigious, but I’m looking into Pitt, Penn State, SDSU, UVA, and NYU.
@bopper Aha, that’s pretty much the dilemma I’m in. I’m a part of two clubs but my chances of getting an officer position are very slim. I really want to stat a fundraiser to help those in Syria, Yemen, and other countries in crisis but the two clubs I’m a part of don’t really have to do with this.
also does anyone know if fundraisers count as leadership for NHS?
Ask your hs about NHS. Lol, their club, their rules.
Are you involved with local needs?
@lookingforward Local needs? Are you referring to volunteering?
@conflicted101 Does your HS have a Key Club? If so, their preferred charities include UNICEF and they will support countries like Syria and Yemen,
@bopper unfortunately it does not:( I might look into MUN, even though the club doesn’t normally fundraise.