<p>Basically the title.
At my old school, I was likely going to be an officer in 4-5 clubs that I care about and likely a state officer for one of them (FBLA).
At my new school, all of the clubs are things that I don’t really care about (Student wellness, interact, scrabble club, student council) with the exception of speech and debate, which is mainly run by adults. I might be able to start a MUN club and hopefully run a conference, but I don’t see anything else coming up. </p>
<p>I also am going to be applying to college as a junior (my school severely lacks resources and classes and I can’t dual enroll because of the local university’s requirements). I haven’t taken any tests yet, but practice is going well and I believe that I can do well. Grades are good too, though I got 3 B+s in 8th-freshman year because of some terrible family circumstances. Extracurriculars are solid and I’m very passionate about them, and it is likely that I’ll get a good recommendation letter out of my experience. I have some state awards from freshman year, as well as some regional ones from this and last year.</p>
<p>Do you think i should focus more on getting officer positions, or just leave it as is?</p>
<p>I would try my very hardest to grab some leadership positions, but in the clubs you like. You stated you don’t like any of them that much, but surely you picked up the club for a reason.</p>
<p>Also, yes, starting the MUN team will show leadership and founding qualities… If you can start that, props to you. “Mainly run by adults” should mean there is some type of leadership position available to students. If you love the club, be a leader. Additionally, I’d make sure to use the additional information section of the Common App to explain these circumstances and how it has affected you since the move.</p>
<p>Being in a bunch of leadership positions that are little more than positions is next to useless. Nobody cares that the other people in clubs x, y, and z liked you and voted to give you an arbitrary title, which is what most club leadership positions are in high school.</p>
<p>Getting officer positions is pointless and obnoxious unless you actually do something with them. The benefit of having leadership positions for college admissions comes really when you are able to demonstrate in your application that you accomplished something in those positions. Being president of some charity club or other doesn’t really say much more than participating does; organizing the club’s successful event that raised $1,000 for a cause proves that you’re a capable leader and made an impact.</p>
<p>Thanks for the responses! As of now, I am only in speech and debate club. I say that they’re ‘run by adults’ because basically our awesome social teachers and a former national level debater that’s in college now help us come up with info packages, show us thought provoking movies and films and assist us with our practice debates.
Before I moved, I really liked MUN and had awards from conferences, so I’m thinking that I can maybe win over my social studies teacher and get him to sponsor the club. Then, I want to organize a conference at my HS.
I do science research, so a science club is possible, but I’m not quite sure where to go with it. It’s harder for me to start clubs here because I don’t have a good group of friends that will help me recruit and participate like I would’ve before I moved. </p>
<p>Also, I will be sure to elaborate on my family circumstances like you suggested, popcharlie. (BTW, congrats for getting into Brown PLME!). I might ask my GC to talk about it in his letter too, he’s a really nice guy.</p>
<p>Thanks again for the advice; does anyone else have any suggestions/opinions?</p>