<p>I was selected as an ASB commisioner for this school year back in May. So far, I absolutely hate it. The officers are terrible, the faculty advisor is terrible, and the time commitment to it is insane. I'd like to have a more laid back senior year, and this really isn't helping me accomplish my goal.</p>
<p>Should I consider resigning as a commisioner? The only reason I'm staying right now is because (I think) It looks good on an application. The question is though, how good? Is it really worth all the grief it is giving me? I don't exactly have low stats either:</p>
<p>GPA: 4.4W, 3.85UW
SAT: 2110
EC's: Boys State, 3 Years Cross Country and Track, Licensed Private Pilot, Youth and Government for 3 years (Delegation Treasurer, Committee Chair, Outstanding Senator award, etc), CSF for 4 years (Likely shot at becoming CSF president this year), etc ..</p>
<p>So is it worth staying in the ASB? The schools I'm looking at our upper-tier UC's (In-state), CMC, Pomona, Stanford, USC, Northwestern, and some Ivy's but not really expecting to get into any of them.</p>
<p>Yo.
Were you in ASB all through you high school career? If so, stay in it. If this is the first year you are in it- drop it. One year won't make any difference. On your app stress the other things you have done. ASB doesn't mean anything unless you are very active and passionate about it. But you can show those leadership qualities in other aspects of your application- for instance, boys state, XCountry....</p>
<p>I don't know if it will help your app or not to stay, but let me suggest a different reason. There will always be difficult coworkers and managers in your life. By staying in this position you have a chance to practice and develop skills in dealing with inept/difficult people. You have some goals for things you want to accomplish in the position, right? You should be asking yourself how you can reach them with the people you have. I'm really talking about a point of view of life here -- are you just acted upon in your life, or are you in the drivers seat? It's easy to adopt the point of view "I'm supposed to do this, they're supposed to do that; if they don't that's just the way things are". So you have a choice: You can either shrug and resign, or figure out a way to get things done anyway. Let me suggest that this latter course is both more difficult and much more rewarding.</p>
<p>And as for the time committment -- why so big? Can you figure out ways to work smarter, not harder? Are there rules stopping you from recruiting people to help you with what needs to be done? Again, here's an excellent chance to practice/develop skills you'll need from here on out. In college you'll need to persuade other people to contribute when the prof says "you, you and you -- team 3". At work your success is going to depend on getting peers to help you, peers you can't simply demand do something because you're the boss.</p>
<p>People aren't born great at these things, they get better at them by trying and thru practice. Why not start now?</p>