<p>Why do colleges harp on having leadership positions? Not all of us want to be leaders so why should this affect getting into colleges.</p>
<p>I am not a leader, nor am I a follower. I'm just me. Someone who wants an education.</p>
<p>They want you to lead with your education.</p>
<p>What if that’s not what I want? I want an education for its own intrinsic values. I like to learn. I hate leading people and I hate being lead by people even more.</p>
<p>What colleges are you talking about? 90% of colleges and universities in America does not care about your leadership potential. If you can hold a pencil, type, read English at an above-remedial level, and show that you can foot the bill, then they will welcome you with open arms. The last 10% uses “leadership” to distinguish the 2400s from each other.</p>
<p>I think leadership shows:
- You’ve invested a decent amount of time in something, and you aren’t doing the EC just for the heck of it so you can be proud of being in 920482390483 activities
- That you don’t live under a rock, and you’d contribute something more to the college than just good grades (although those are nice too)</p>
<p>I’m in the same boat as you, iamsounsure. I’m not a big fan of leading people, but can’t deal with bending to a person’s every will…</p>
<p>And Reddune, I’m pretty sure when the majority of people on CC are talking about “good” colleges, they’re referring to top 50ish, maybe less. And those are the colleges that take leadership positions into account…</p>