Unique Extracurriculars vs. National Recognition?

Northstarmom
Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:41:30 +0000

“Even the lowliest student council president has to organize homecoming, candy sales, etc.- which is more than a non-student council person will do.”

That’s exactly my point. One isn’t going to stand out in top colleges admissions for being a student government officer and doing what student government officers normally do. There are lots of SGA officers who apply to top colleges just like there are lots of NHS officers who do.

One would stand out for top college admissions by going far above and beyond what is normal for people who have those positions to do.

There also are very competitive students who aren’t in SGA or even NHS, but who do things on their own that are more impressive than are what SGA officers do with their advisor’s help (and often with their advisors doing most of the work).