<p>I have been VERY active in many clubs and qualify as the president in most of them. So far, I’ve been elected as president for 4 clubs (Spanish, Environmental Club, Leo Club, and Interact Club)… I’m also the vice of my class. One wonders how I am able to manage it my senior year. That’s not really the problem. I know I can juggle all the clubs because as the president (along with my adviser), I schedule the meetings.</p>
<p>The problem is: are colleges going to look at this, see all these leadership positions, and assume I’m someone who is just buffing their resume?</p>
<p>another concern is my focus… You see from the list above, I’m not very specialized. Could this be seen as a disadvantage?</p>
<p>My outside activities aren’t very striking… I am the average library & soup kitchen volunteer</p>
<p>I’m very interested in BC… just thought i’d post my question in this forum</p>
<p>I barely did any extracurriculars in high school and I still got accepted to BC on my first try.</p>
<p>GPA, SAT scores, recommendations, and your essay are more important. Particularly GPA.</p>
<p>Same with XX55XX here, I had French Club President and that was pretty much it. </p>
<p>And it does look a little like you are buffing your resume, part of the reason I think I got in (without any great EC’s) was that I showed a passion for French: 5 years of it, VP last year, President this year, in FNHS for 2 years, community service for both clubs, wrote my essay about the French language, chose Linguistics as my intended major</p>
<p>The only other EC’s on my application were two years of Key Club.</p>
<p>If you’re happy doing all of those, that’s great. More, rather than less, is a good thing, but make sure you’re focusing on what you’re passionate about. Maybe write your essay about being a leader or something.</p>
<p>Dear Gniteem : Placing the question back to you, why have you opted to be involved in so many activities with leadership positions? If you can answer that question, you will be able to provide a theme for your activities that will call positive attention to this area of your application. </p>
<p>Again, it is not whether the admissions counselor will notice these elements or not (they will), but rather how you put them together in your application to reflect something about you as an individual.</p>