<p>Hmm…interesting to see this on here - I go to a school very near this one, and we talked about this in Econ class.</p>
<p>This would work well at my school.</p>
<p>Thank you, this resume padding people do make kids like me look like tards!</p>
<p>DP</p>
<p>I wish my school did that!
I’ve recently gotten so ****ed off at some of my friends for clearly resume-padding by joining activities i know for a fact they have no interest in but then pretend they actually care. Then they complain to me that they have no extra curriculars and I have so many when I’ve been committed to my extra curriculars for years and years.
Sorry for the rant.
Anyways I think it’s a really good idea but I think colleges get the idea if you have a laundry list when you have nothing to say about some activites.</p>
<p>I thought every school had a point system… for our school, nearly every club has a point system except for a few.</p>
<p>This is great…kids should be outside after school living life…not sitting in some club so it will look good on their resume. Is it me, or do too many kids just spend too much darn time indoors?</p>
<p>^ FYI Clubs can take place outside of a classroom or a building…</p>
<p>In response to this article:</p>
<p>Finally. Throughout this year of high school, since I got in early at my first choice college and deferred at a very good college, a great deal of students ask me to review their resumes (primarily for editing purposes). Though I participate with these students to “help them out,” I become extremely frustrated when I see that some students not only state that they are in clubs that they rarely-never participate in, but include organizations that do not exist within the school system at all. Every time I confront these students about their dishonesty, they reply to the latter with “How are they going to find out that we don’t have a Crew Team,” or any other chemerical organization… Sad, right?</p>
<p>The point system will override this dishonesty and instill a sense of responsibility and commitment within the students who participate in these clubs. Although the point system, to college resume “padders,” may seem like a labor-instensive and annoying way to gain brownie points for colleges, I feel that, to many, it would be a beneficial experience. Once students give these clubs a chance, they may actually gain something from the experience beyond a colorful point on their resumes.</p>
<p>I think the bigger question here is why students feel the need to pad their resume? When did it become the norm to have 10 extracurriculars? I feel like just to get into any college students (me included) fell like they have to be doing ten thousand things. It would be so much better if colleges put more emphasis on doing a few activities that you love to do and putting real time and effort into them. It would be better/healthier/more beneficial for all.</p>
<p>AHAHA
This is my High School!
AND I’m Lieutenant Governor of Key Club. Sheesh it kills me. </p>
<p>Small world :]</p>
<p>Very good idea, and the crazy thing is, resume-padding isn’t really going to help you.</p>
<p>My school has approximately 20384023840328 clubs, about 10 of which are active (as in meet on a regular basis…and only like 3 actually do anything besides eat). And those only have, on average, about 1-5 active members. Except for DECA, aka the club 400 people have joined to go down to Florida and smoke pot/drink for a weekend.</p>
<p>So I like the point system. Not because I think it will stop people from lying on apps, but because it makes sure that there aren’t eleven hundred “foreign film” clubs that are actually “go to IHOP every Tuesday after school” clubs.</p>
<p>My s’s high school had the apathy club. Every yearbook picture of the club is an empty group of seating, i.e. a shot of a section of empty bleachers. They change it up each year in creative ways. My s was always threatening to join and do something so he could get in the photo. <g> </g></p>
<p>Seriously, that was the main reason he didn’t join more than two clubs in high school. Even the good clubs - the active ones that have a good group of kids participating – suffer because of the cynicism of most kids.</p>
<p>zebes</p>
<p>I am amazed when I hear about resume padding. My children put their resumes together and learned from my husband and I, as well as their school, that if they put something on their resume, they better have it done it. Students SIGN THEIR NAME on the college Application, which is proclaiming that the application contents is TRUTH. It is their WORD!!! Doesn’t this mean anything?!<br>
I know of parents and students that think it is okay to pad a resume - what ever happened to the virtue of truthfulness?</p>
<p>My club has been doing this for years. And it works. We have 140 people sign up, and about 120 meet the rigorous requirements each year. Our club is one of the top clubs of its kind in the world too.</p>
<p>So if my high school doesn’t use the point system, but I want to use it in a club I’m starting, is it possible to do that? I’m really scared that a billion people will come to the first meeting and then 1 or 2 will be at the next. The club I’m starting is a competitive team too, so I’ve really got to make sure people stay committed.</p>
<p>Small world is that I went to BOTH these highschools way back when. I feel special.</p>
<p>point system doesn’t address the problem. it just puts up a roadblock that doesn’t seem to steer people away. i say forget the system and let the college interview take care of the rest…i mean it’s like a job interview right?</p>
<p>I REALLY wish my school did this. I “Co”-president of a club at my school and my fellow president doesn’t do ANYTHING. So pretty much I do all the work (which is a lot) and she gets half the credit. Not to mention this person runs other clubs and does nothing. Pff! Makes me so mad. </p>
<p>Oh and did I mention she’s our val?</p>
<p>Guilty.</p>
<p>I admit I have joined quite a few clubs to improve my resume. Isn’t that why we join a lot? Few people honestly have the time to be a top member in each of the clubs they are in, keep up with their studies, sports, and other extracurricular activities.</p>
<p>My opinions- if you pay the dues, and do the minimum amount of work , you deserve to put that club on your resume.</p>
<p>Most clubs have rules saying you need to put x number of volunteer hours in to not be kicked out. But sometimes they have easy ways out- i.e. monetary donations for xxx food drive equate to hours volunteered. Essentially, you can buy volunteer hours.</p>
<p>^ I think I just threw up a little bit. </p>
<p>That anyone can boldly think that BUYING volunteer hours is a legitimate way to show involvement only demonstrates to me how far off kilter the moral compass of some people are, maybe an entire generation.</p>