@xxvintagexx I’ll give you an overview of our club. HOSA is the biggest club in our school, as it’s a magnet school specializing in healthcare. We have officer meetings every Friday for 30-45 minutes as well as a general meeting 1-2 times a month. The main objective of the club is really raising money for nationals competitors, but we have other projects. For instance, every year officers go to a nearby school and help teach students with disabilities. This year, we finally managed to pull off our biggest event, a health fair. We got healthcare professionals from around the community to speak to students as well as anyone from the community who had health concerns. If you’re an officer, it’s a small-medium commitment depending on what’s going on that week. For me, it’s been anything from 0 to 7-8 hours a week. General members don’t really do that much, but since you want to start the club, it’ll probably be a big commitment.
We had 3 groups and 1 individual place first, 1 group and 4 individuals place second, and 1 group and 4 individuals place third. Doesn’t seem that many for the biggest club in our school, but then again our school is 250 people. I believe all of us are going to nationals. The state HOSA president and vice president who come from my school are going as well.
As mentioned by @ambers58, studying for competitions is independent. Both times I’ve competed, I’ve been able to utilize school resources to study. You might not have the same ease of access if you go to the usual district public school.