Leadership vs. Journalism?! HELP!!!

jessiehl
Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:32:39 +0000

Will colleges think that because I switched to Journalism for two years instead of sticking to Leadership, I am not a committed student?



If your record generally suggests that you are a committed student, I have trouble believing (as someone who went through the college admissions process a few years ago and worked part-time in the admissions office as an undergrad) that they’ll care.

In all honesty, “Leadership” sounds like a fluffy resume-padder class to me, even if it’s not. I’ve never heard of a class called “Leadership” before. Colleges do like to see leadership ability, but you show that by being a leader (and not just the class president sort of leader, but being an officer in a regular club, a captain on a sports team, an activist in city politics, etc), not by taking some class. The position that you are thinking about applying for sounds great.