Unique Extracurriculars vs. National Recognition?

Northstarmom
Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:05:43 +0000

By “do things on their own” I mean that they do things even though they don’t have an advisor telling them exactly what to do – something that does happen in some SGAs.

A student who, for instance, has been volunteering at a place for a while and then sees a need there and creates a fundraising project or program has to work with others to achieve those things, and also is demonstrating more initiative than someone who simply does what they are told or what is expected.

Being an SGA officer who helped plan homecoming isn’t going to make one stand out in top colleges admissions because virtually all high schools have SGA officers who plan homecomings. An SGA officer who initiates a schoolwide fundraiser or organizes some program to address a school problem, however, would stand out by going above and beyond what SGA officers usually do.