I Cannot Get any Leadership

agupte
Thu, 11 Jun 2015 22:32:03 +0000

Hello.

I have a VERY hard time getting leadership positions. In the last 3 months of my 11th grade ( I am a rising senior) I have applied to 5 leadership positions and was only elected for one of them.

Can someone please explain to me why no one chooses to vote for me for these leadership elections? I am involved in the clubs and have won state recognition in some of them (much higher than the elected officers) but people will NEVER vote for me…

For example, I am in the Science Fair Team at my High School. I am the only male on the team. I have won category awards at the tri-state level in my categories, far beyond anybody else currently beyond the team. However, I am the only rising 12th grader without any officer position (girls will not vote for guys)…

I do make sure I create “casually serious” speeches to gain popularity, but that does not work.

I am genuinely interested in what I do in the clubs. I do not join clubs just to say that I am in them.

Can someone explain to me what it takes to become a leader, and how much not being a leader will hurt me on my college applications? Thank You.