Clubs meet too infrequently??

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>I am not sure if I should have posted this in College Admissions or Here, sorry if I messed up.</p>

<p>Anyways, I am involved in a decent number of clubs at my school.</p>

<p>I am in Model UN, Mock Trial, Economics Team, Class Board, and the Student Government Association. I will also join 'Its Academic' in a few weeks, and I also plan on participating in NHS and English NHS when I am a junior. I may also choose to join the math team and the Math NHS later, although I am ambivalent about math and science in general (if you could tell from my main clubs lol). </p>

<p>Unfortunately, the types of clubs I am in are not really special or unique in terms of admissions, and seem really bland from the grand perspective of the 2017 Ivy applicant pool. Furthermore, I understand that colleges place more emphasis on concentrated, high, consistent effort in a few clubs, as opposed to thin-spread participation in several. </p>

<p>While I do not participate in really THAT many clubs, compared to a lot of people, I find that the frequency and length of the club meets are very, very short; so short that not only does it actual put limits on my growth within the clubs, it even may appear as "thin-spread and shallow involvement" to colleges. While the SGA meets almost everyday for 30-45 min, the other clubs only meet once a week, for usually less than an hour. Meets regularly get canceled due to scheduling conflicts of ____ and _____ and _____. Even if I wanted to "concentrate and contribute" to one particular club, its impossible, because the time they actually run is really short. I have never missed a meet of any club, but the numbers look really unimpressive on paper. Am i aloud to round up to 1 hour a week on the ComApp? I mean even that looks really unimpressive, provided that I was hoping that these clubs could function as my main set of ECs.</p>

<p>Am I just being stupid? Will this matter a lot to colleges? Should I bulk up on non-club ECs to make up for the lack of participation hours? Is it like this at other schools also? </p>

<p>Any and all advice would be appreciated. </p>

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<p>Bummmmmmmmmmmmmmmp</p>

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<p>Bummmmmmmmmmmmmmmp</p>

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<p>Participation alone doesn’t matter that much, regardless of how much time you spend on it. Do you have a substantial leadership position (i.e., where you actually do something) in any of these clubs? Would the other members be interested in making these clubs more active? </p>

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<p>I am only a sophomore, so I do have a few lower end leadership positions, like Secretary, Treasurer, etc., but when I am a senior, I will mostly likely hold many higher leadership positions, simply due to the fact that the majority of my class does not really participate in anything; most people in the clubs are juniors and seniors. Also, increasing activity is sort of impossible, because the president of basically all the clubs is one girl, and she can’t be everywhere at once. Also, the majority of the clubs that I participate in and are interested in are sponsored by the same teacher. </p>

<p>So if the hours themselves are somewhat lower, but I still display direction and leadership, will it still hamper acceptances? Are these minimal hours just at my school, or does anyone else have any experiences with this? Should I be strive to improve the EC portion of my app by doing non-club ECs to make up for this shortage in club hours? Anyone else have any other advice?</p>

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<p>Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuump</p>

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Quality > quantity.
It’s not just about having leadership positions (titles)—the question is, what did you accomplish? Do you have any extracurriculars other than school clubs? </p>

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<p>You have a lot under your belt. I’m a sophomore in two clubs but have leadership positions in both. I wish I could do more but then my grades would drop</p>