<p>I want to know what are examples of good leadership roles? I notice that a lot of competitive colleges want applicants that have leadership roles. However, I want to know if there are other leadership roles that someone can have besides being the leader of a club or something like that.</p>
<p>In addition to club president, there’s Eagle Scout/Gold Silver Award, for example.</p>
<p>Sorry to say but if you have to ask, then you’re probably not a natural leader…</p>
<p>Hmm I didn’t know “Sorry to say but if you have to ask, then you’re probably not a natural leader…” Was a leadership position-oh wait it isn’t. So why don’t you get the **** out because I’m pretty sure the OP asked for what examples of leadership positions, not peoples opinions of the question. God, people are so annoying! Like honestly why waste your time, mother****!</p>
<p>Leadership isn’t just titles or winning a high level of recognition- it’s how you see an opportunity or a need, commit to it and then take further steps; or what you do with the opportunities afforded you. President of a do-little club can mean less than picking up a phone and finding a great way to volunteer, then recruiting others, scheduling and problem-solving. Mentoring can be leadership. Some jobs, even small ones, show responsibility. In contrast, some president roles are little more than attendance-takers.</p>
<p>In my book, it’s a fair question. There’s too much misinfo out there that you have to win Intel or be head of student government and raise $10k. Intel is achievement. Head of SGA is a title and raising money is vague – until you explain what you actually did.</p>
<p>The question about impressive ECs comes up regularly on the forum. There is a thread with comments by Northstarmom, a Ivy alum interviewer, about what constitutes impressive ECs from the point of view of the most selective colleges. The post is at <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/210497-those-ecs-weak-so-what-s-good.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/210497-those-ecs-weak-so-what-s-good.html</a></p>
<p>2 very interesting articles about ECs that stand out and how to get them (same author, different examples) are at [How</a> to Be Impressive](<a href=“http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/05/28/the-art-of-activity-innovation-how-to-be-impressive-without-an-impressive-amount-of-work/]How”>The Art of Activity Innovation: How to Be Impressive Without an Impressive Amount of Work - Cal Newport) and [Save</a> This Grind?](<a href=“http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/09/12/case-study-how-could-we-save-this-ridiculously-overloaded-grind/]Save”>Case Study: How Could We Save This Ridiculously Overloaded Grind? - Cal Newport) While I don’t agree with everything in them, take a look at these 2 articles and I think you’ll get some original ideas.</p>
<p>Stefankr, I agree with your sentiment, but despise the harshness of your language. The moderators of CC won’t appreciate your language either</p>
<p>To add to the previous posters, doing something out of the ordinary, or something that requires some extra effort on your part is likely to impress admissions officers. For example, if your school only offers AP Physics B, but you want to take a more advanced level (Physics C), either self-studying, or taking that class at a local college, would demonstrate a degree of individuality and leadership.</p>
<p>thank you all so much for your advice. it really helped me, because i was getting worried that i didnt have as many outstanding leadership roles (ex. club president, etc) as many of the people on CC and felt that i pretty much did nothing in comparison. im glad you helped, because i was really thinking about being in a bunch of different clubs in addition to the two im in now (i still might take on about 2 more opportunities). </p>
<p>also, YANKEES94, i thank you for that example you gave. it really reminded me of a time where i did something similar to that. i felt i wasn’t being challenged enough in my algebra I class (i tried to take the regents in 7th and 8th grade, but my stupid middle school said i “wasn’t prepared enough”). i knew pretty much all the material already, and was falling asleep in the class while still getting 95+ in the class and all tests. so i decided to take the regents for algebra I early in january instead of june and move on to geometry (got an 88, but still thought it to be a pretty fair test). although geometry was difficult and i occasionally did poorly on tests (in addition to having a teacher who only spent about 1/3 of the time teaching), i studied really hard and got an 84 on the regents. although it was really difficult and i even regretted taking the algebra regents early at times, right now im glad i did it. i was able to take algebra II/trig this year and i can take more challenging math classes (pre-calc and college algebra) next year. </p>
<p>wow…that looks like a personal statement…thank you all!! :)</p>