<p>You are all probably very tired of my posts, but we are forecasting now and as a Full IB Student I can only get 2 electives out of 15 (trimester). I wanted to run for Senior president, but it would require me to take a 6th period. Pomona states that each applicant must take at least 4-5 academic subjects per year and leadership (need to take the class to be an officer) is not an academic subject obviously.</p>
<p>While Senior President is a perk/hook (kind of?) in the admissions process, is it worth running and taking leadership, or would it be more worthwhile to try to take a government class, or a class on International Relations/the Middle East? Either way my schedule would be “most rigorous”…?</p>
<p>Oh and I want to do senior president for the posistion (organizing charity events and community service) not the title… if you were wondering.</p>
<p>Don’t make this choice based on what will make you more attractive to Pomona, but what you want to do more in the end. I imagine that if you’re a full IB student, that the adcoms will have no doubts about you carrying your weight as far as workload, so pursuing a leadership position would probably be beneficial to your application, but in the case that you didn’t win the election, would you still be happy in the leadership class? </p>
<p>In the end the decision comes down to you, but I would say that;
Leadership and Presidency>academic class>Leadership without presidency</p>
<p>If you are more interested in the activities than the title, pursue charity and community service outside school hours. That way you can have both those and the academic course.</p>
<p>Do what you actually want to do. It will mean more when you have to potentially talk about it in your interviews (or even write about it in your essays).</p>
<p>I called someone at Pomona and they suggested taking AP Stats even if I will need to have an extra 6th period for one trimester…</p>
<p>This is a hard decision.</p>