<p>I’ve noticed how on CC, “leadership” seems to be a buzzword, right after “passion”…LOL</p>
<p>However, I am neither “President” nor “Editor-in-Chief” nor whatever-else-you-have-it. Simply, I don’t hold any leadership titles.</p>
<p>But I’ve developed an education project that has received local recognition and media attention. For that project alone, I received grants, secured sponsors, recruited volunteers, scheduled venues, prepared a curriculum, etc etc, and was invited to speak at a local university education conference. I’ve spent hundreds of hours organization every detail and getting other people involved, and that’s reflected in the awards I’ve received (on behalf of said project) and how I spent my summers.</p>
<p>However, I’m afraid that adcoms will not notice this. The common app is very limiting, and the only place where I mention the details is in my short answer (describe one meaningful EC). </p>
<p>My counselor rec also touches upon this, but since my GC has over 700 kids to look over, I doubt she will go into detail.</p>
<p>Will adcoms see beyond the traditional leadership titles to identify true leadership? Or will they - exhausted after reading thousands of apps - not notice the details?</p>
<p>honestly, if you don’t have titles, just create some for yourself. especially if you have been involved in depth with such projects.</p>
<p>Given what you have accomplished, I wouldn’t worry about it if I were you.</p>
<p>What you have done shows leadership. If you present it (essay?) it will be noticed, and IMO will be more impressive than president of some club, etc.</p>
<p>We keep saying leadership is more than a title. Your ed project proves that. Adcoms know some kids get the title, even in a legit club, then the group can do very little beyond socializing. So, they look to see the impact. I agree, give yourself a reasonable title that reflects what you did- and be sure the brief description captures that impact.</p>
<p>I doesn’t have to be in the personal statement. Yes, you can use it in the EC short answer. Sometimes, when the GC is overloaded, you can nicely feed him/her an abstract of what you did and recognition, to get the most of of that letter.</p>
<p>Passion isn’t really the “it” thing- more like vision, sense of purpose and focus. Just what you seem to have done. Good luck.</p>
<p>Thank you for the feedback; my worries have been assuaged. </p>
<p>Yesterday, my GC gave me a copy of the rec she wrote, and in that letter, she mentioned details about the project that I had even forgotten! I guess that’s a good sign :)</p>
<p>As for the title, I named myself “Founder”…LOL. To be fair, that’s what my counselor said in the rec, although not capitalized.</p>