club president/leadership

<p>Is it important for an applicant to be the president of a club to get into Cornell? I was thinking that obviously leadership looks good on an application, but then I wondered if anybody got in without being in charge of like 10 clubs...</p>

<p>I’m sure they have. Are you a senior? </p>

<p>Just to put it in perspective, I’m applying this year–</p>

<p>President of National Honor Society
Vice President of Mu Alpha Theta
Managing Editor of school newspaper
President of Interact/Eco club</p>

<p>What stuff do you have?</p>

<p>i got in without a single leadership position</p>

<p>^Same here.</p>

<p>ok cool because i see people here who have crazy ECs and are president of national honor society, drama club, united sates etc;
what did you guys get on your SAT and SATIIs? I was just worried because my writing is 770 but my math was only 650 but nobody cares about writing :(</p>

<p>i got 2240</p>

<p>690 CR 750 M 800 W</p>

<p>never had any crazy leadership/executive positions
still got in lol</p>

<p>all right cool. and tbh, at least in my school, the kids who are president of the national honor society or whatever are excessively nerdy, but i’m sure that’s not always the case. so some kids may be in charge of 50 clubs, but I’ll make up for it with charisma and personality in the essays- something I know they won’t have!!!</p>

<p>i’m pretty sure that being an active member in a few clubs over 3 or 4 years looks better than cramming 50 clubs into your resume…nobody can spread themselves so thin and actually contribute to each one.</p>

<p>i had about 4-5 ECs (a couple were honor societies), and only two substantial leadership positions…and i did okay :]</p>

<p>i got 2200 on sat and had very typical ecs</p>

<p>only one treasurer position and i got in RD.</p>

<p>ok this is ridiculous. There is a big difference between getting every leadership position you can as opposed to being in one or two leadership positions and making a big difference in them. Cornell knows very well students who simply flood their resumes with a ton of leadership positions. One questions, how significant are these positions because it is literally impossible to be so committed to every single one. You end up risking the danger of being seen as someone who is fluffing up their resume with very little substance.</p>

<p>agreed with ^.
A problem many hs students make (don’t feel bad: most of us did too at one point in time, but someone came along to let us know for the better) is that they need to join as many clubs as they can and participate in as many extracurrics as they can to present an astounding resume. That is absolutely bullocks.
You should do what you love to do, not what you think the admissions officers would like you to do. One admissions officer I talked to emphasized this point quite nicely. “We want a well-rounded class of students, not a jumble of well-rounded individuals.” Especially at Cornell, many students have a specific interest- one well that they dig deeply into.</p>

<p>Just to add in my pence of thought, I didn’t join a single club during high school because my schedule was already tight from my involvements with varsity basketball, research, and student council. The only leadership position I held was climbing up the ladder in Student Council throughout the 4 years and leading as president during my senior year. But I made big contributions to my school with the 3 extracurrics that I did participate in- and I loved them, so hs was an amazing time.</p>

<p>What were they about… any chance you can help me find a way to incorparate charisma in the essay. lol Im totally lost and scared and have no idea what to write it about =.
I have no amazing stories that have occured in my life so…lol</p>