Clubs for elite colleges?

Applying to College
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<p>Hey, </p>

<p>I'm a junior in hs who transferred schools this year (freshmen and sophomore year at one school, gonna spend junior and senior year at my new school) because of a super long commute. My new school is really tiny, like 150 ish people so theres a lot of opportunities to get leadership positions. However, since I'm a new student, it'll be hard to become pres or vp if i've only been in a club for half the time others have. As an underclassmen, I was a part of..
-Leadership Academy
-Students Against Destructive Decisions (we talked about drinking and driving, self-harm, etc etc)
-Fashion Club
and I had a brief stint in Speech and Debate but had to drop it because of time constraints
At my new school I'm planning on joining..
-Model UN
-Stock Market Club
-Interact
and maybe another club that catches my interest. I'm also thinking about starting a Red Cross club at my school, where I can teach CPR (I'm certified), organize blood drives, educate people on infectious diseases, and talk about current events in the healthcare world (jobs, recent ebola outbreak, etc). </p>

<p>My question is: will colleges look down on me for not having any leadership positions in clubs or will they recognize that as a transfer student I lacked the criteria and experience to hold a higher position?</p>

<p>In my community I'm a leader..student council freshmen year, been TAing every semester, daily volunteering, leadership camps in the summer, etc. will this be enough? I have solid grades, good SAT and ACT score (have yet to take subject tests), other interesting ECs, probs can get good recs and I'm aiming for top 25 or 50 schools such as USC, UCLA, Hopkins, NYU, Georgetown, maybe Columbia or Cornell as a stretch (I realize those schools are of different calibers but thats just an arbitrary list of schools I like)</p>

<p>thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>Leadership isn’t as simple as having a title. It’s more than that. A member of an organization can take the initiative to fund raise, while the “leader” signs off. Which one is actually showing leadership? You will be fine if you are actually taking on the role of a leader.</p>

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<p>@anniebeats how exactly will colleges know if i show leadership without the title? would i just talk about it in my essays?</p>

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<p>When you describe what you did in the club, they will see what your role was in the club. You may not have had a title, but they will see that you were a productive member. Some colleges do ask for you to write about an EC, but not all.</p>

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<p>@‌anniebeats
i wasn’t aware that you could do that…thank you!</p>