<p>I have about seven extracurricular activities, and in two of them, I have leadership positions. Is this good enough?</p>
<p>You’re mistaken if you feel some formulaic evaluation of the “number of ldrshp” positions you’ve held is what is important to selective colleges.</p>
<p>If you actually accomplish something in a leadership position, you need only one. If “leadership” is just being an office holder and not accomplishing anything …ten leadership positions won’t make a difference.</p>
<p>I’m a section leader in the Marching Band, which actually is pretty dang stressful, and the leader (coordinating events and music management) in the school’s Flute Ensemble. So I mean, I guess they’re pretty all right. Plus I’ve been first chair flute for three years, if that counts for something…</p>
<p>OP…you compare yourself to other “leaders” and see how your activities stack up.</p>
<p>There was a girl in my sons’ high school who organized students to take part in the Race for the Cure when she was a freshman. Sophomore year it grew to a community 24 hour marathon with students and people from the entire community walking around the track. That included organizing community organizations to donate food, water, t-shirts, music/entertainment, etc. Junior year it grew into a challenge where different teams/school organizations challenged each other for things like percentage of members participating, amount raised, etc. Senior year our high school carried the challenge to other high schools…</p>
<p>This girl was not the “section leader” of the marching band although she did play in it.</p>
<p>Her involvement with Race for the Cure did not have a “title” associated with it.</p>
<p>That is the difference between the leadership the colleges are looking for, and just holding a title.</p>