<p>How much does Class Presidency weigh into admissions? Especially for Ivy League schools while dedicating one of your EC short essays to your experience of being the Class President and all the work you've accomplished.</p>
<p>aka:
reinstating the Powwderpuff Football Game after 4 years.</p>
<p>yeah, the school dosen't care about if you played powderpuff in high school, but the fact that I resurrected a dead program.</p>
<p>our class officers do absoutely nothing except a few things that no body really cares about or asked for</p>
<p>I don't mean to sound pessimistic, but I don't think that's a big deal. I'm the VP of my Key Club and one of our major events is a senior citizen's prom. In my application, I barely mentioned. Community service is community service.</p>
<p>In regard to your resurrection of a program, it's not that significant. It just tells the admissions reps that you were doing your job.</p>
<p>The class officers of my school are exactly like morgan17's. They try to hold events every year but end up failing miserably.</p>
<p>"reinstating the Powwderpuff Football Game after 4 years."</p>
<p>Unless the game was a MAJOR fundraiser, particularly for something like Hurricane katrina victims, not for the senior prom, that accomplishment is not likely to impress people like Ivy League adcoms.</p>
<p>The projects that impress them are things like when a student establishes a service project that raises lots of money for community service. An example would be a student who wrote a play, produced it and donated the proceeds to charity.</p>
<p>I wouldn't call reinstating the powderpuff football game a major accomplishment. Most colleges realize that class presidency doesn't mean/do that much, though not usually through any fault of its own. Because of this, if your other ECs indiciate a clear interest in a similar field (ie, politics, community service, etc), then class presidency will be well considered. If not, it might look as if you're simply trying to boost your resume with it. I would include, but unless it indicates a broader passion, I wouldn't write your essay on it.</p>
<p>even though your all saying that its not that important, it cant hurt. its better then not being president.</p>
<p>I think its a pretty big accomplishment, especially in a large school. Colleges always like to know how your teachers and peers view you. I would think being president shows that your peers view you as the person whose combination of brains, personality, and extracurriculars best represents the class.</p>
<p>^^ Heh, if only things actually worked that way. Student council is a popularity contest. You could be President of the student council and be the most incompetent person for the job, at least that's how it is in my school.</p>
<p>mdkeung...same here...last year a boy got elected and he did it as a joke...he got suspended the next day for stealing so it was taken away from him...just shows the kinds of people that get elected!</p>
<p>lol thats hilarious! yeah its a waste at our school too. im not even on the student council, but i think i have a good shot at becoming pres if i want to. maybe i can talk to my student council advisor and see what his reactions are.</p>
<p>Since when is being popular a bad thing? Of course, being class president isn't gonna mean a thing if your application sucks. But if someone is top 5 in the grade, 1500 sats and has good ECs, I think it'll show not only is this kid a great student, but also that he puts his books down enough to be well-liked in his school. Showing that you have people skills can never hurt your application.</p>
<p>Hmm, but to answer the original question, it won't matter that much. Just stating that you are class president in your activity list should be enough. Like everyone else has already stated, adcoms know most presidents don't do much after actually being elected. I'd save my EC essay for something more important.</p>