Leadership Positions

lambchop1000008
Fri, 30 Dec 2016 04:50:02 +0000

Hello, I am a junior right now and am involved in many extracurriculars like tennis, academic decathlon, math club tutoring, nhs, csf. I know these all sound stereotypical but anyways.

Since I moved schools this year, it is hard for me to get leadership positions since most are given out at the end of the year before. It seems really inconvenient to me because since I came so late, it’ll be hard to get a position. At my old school, I was a yearbook editor and NHS Sophomore Representative. I was set to be Academic Decathlon captain and NHS president there but unfortunately…

At my new school, I KNOW I can be a great leader. I have so many ideas on how to improve my school like introducing a school pageant, physics boat race, organizing more spirit weeks, choosing better venues for dances and including a Sadies or Winter Formal etc… But I’m not in ASB and it’s not like I can get a major position in 1 year. Also, since I have all these ideas, I sorta don’t wanna just give the ideas to ASB, especially the ASB president-to-be because she’s kinda my competition in school. I want credit for my ideas to improve the school so colleges can recognize me… haha… is that selfish?

And I’m not in yearbook this year either, although I have MANY ideas like Senior Buddy and Left Behind pictures, a better theme. Once again, how can I get credit for leading a class without being in the class? If you wonder, the reason I’m not in either class is because I focused my schedule for 11th and 12th grade to have 6 AP classes, no electives.

I want to be NHS president too because I know I can improve the club a lot and have experience but I don’t think I can jump so high after not being able to get any positions this year. I noticed members quit the club easily and are not getting enough reminders of events and I can easily help with that. Also, leadership positions are voter-based, which kinda irks me. My old school did interviews, and I think I had a better chance with those because voting becomes a popularity contest and I don’t have many friends or know many people…

Same for Academic Decathlon, people quit the team quickly and there are barely any meetings. I know fun games to help the team reinforce memory and bond.

Do you guys have any suggestions on what I can do? I’m hoping I can get some kind of leadership or recognition for my help to school but any suggestions would be greatly appreciated