Fake Clubs

foolish
Sun, 08 Dec 2013 10:48:00 +0000

My school has a club with 150+ people in it, and everyone is given a leadership position upon joining. So, clearly, it’s a fake club. But it does have occasional meetings, a legitimate teacher looking over it, and has been approved by the school and is listed on the official list of clubs.

So my question to you is this: if everyone in the club were to include it on their application, would admissions officers notice that 100+ kids from my school have leadership positions in that club (and then subsequently either dismiss the club or dismiss the idea of taking someone who is being somewhat dishonest)? Of course, I doubt it would help anyway seeing as nothing meaningful really goes on, but I have a feeling that people will inevitably put it on their application just for the sake of having an additional officer position.