<p>I've noticed that a lot of CCers arent in any culture clubs.. is it because college adcoms think that culture clubs aren't a "real" EC?</p>
<p>Well, what IS a "culture club"? I've never heard of them...</p>
<p>A culture club would be like the Asian Club.</p>
<p>Because of the lack of diversity in my school, we don't have any of the said clubs. A lot of high school's don't, and that's why people don't mention anything about them.</p>
<p>Im currently a World Culture Club member, and its not only Asian Club or European Club, or African Club. It includes a diversity of people, both race and religion. We do activities like eat food and stuff, learn from each other, ect...</p>
<p>The culture clubs at my school tend to be pretty flat and cliche.</p>
<p>So how do adcoms view culture clubs?</p>
<p>Boy George is a weirdo.</p>
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<p>I think that adcoms would view culture clubs pretty much like French Club or Math Club or Chess Club. You don't see those mentioned much on CC either. An extracurricular needs to be more than just a club in high school. It needs to be an interest that you have where you have ideally demonstrated long-term involvement and "passion". Unless it is something like a Neo-Nazi group, adcoms don't care what the EC is, so long as you have a strong interest, involvement, and some achievement in your pursuit of it.</p>
<p>We have a Jewish Culture Club and an Arab-American Student Union. I'm Northern European and atheist. Enough said.</p>
<p>Well, at the end, it's really the committment that matters, but also:</p>
<p>1) CC kids are more of the competitive types; they join competitve clubs, I'd say.</p>
<p>2) Perhaps AdComs expect the bright kids in a school to try out for, make, and compete at a high level in the clubs where they're used to seeing other admittees come from. </p>
<p>Just speculation, but something to think about. Like I said, though, committment trumps all.</p>
<p>I personally am not in a culture club because I don't feel that I belong in the ones at my school. The culture clubs are really just a group of friends getting together for "meetings" which is just time to hang out.</p>
<p>Somebody had a post last week about being in a "crew" where they would practice graffiti art.</p>
<p>"High-level" clubs? Give me a break.
I am the secretary of the Russian Cultural Society at my school and will most likely be president next year (senior year). I truly love the experience and it is a big part of who I am; it is no less of an activity than track is for me. It's sad to see people choose things like math team and key club just for the sake of college apps (not saying there aren't those who genuinely enjoy those activities). I go to a high school with a diverse student body, so we have a lot of cultural clubs to choose from - perhaps others don't have those opportunities.</p>
<p>another hypothesis: culture clubs don't really add too much value to your credentials... they bring diversity, but almost every top college will get their diversity so that doesn't give you an advantage, and leadership in a culture club doesn't normally demonstrate your potential as much as some other activities could (unless you're very active in the community, do culture shows, etc.). usually, there isn't too much that goes on with culture clubs. this is just from my experience in high school (most of the top students didn't even bother joining a culture club) and i think a lot of it has to do with how poorly run the clubs are at the high school level. </p>
<p>however, an interesting combination would be if you were in a culture club of a culture that you're NOT related to. i know an african-american friend who was prez of spanish club. now THAT is different. that person goes to stanford now.</p>
<p>culture clubs at the college level is MUCH MUCH better. people actually want to join them, they get massive memberships and are able to put on a whole slew of social, cultural, and service activities.</p>
<p>I go to a high school with a diverse but tiny student body (200 students). I guess I could start a Scandinavian Culture Club, but it would have a grand total of two members. There just isn't a sizable population of any one culture (except, apparently, Jews and Arabs) in order for it to make sense to have a club devoted to it.</p>
<p>We live in a very culturally diversity area and people are constantly making reference to it. (It is like people are trying to say that it is better than living in Paris.) They had a "cultural awareness day" at my son's high school and he wore a Viking helmet with the horns. Some of his teachers did not appreciate the humor.</p>
<p>what if it has to do with art? like XXX art? well that's mainly what it is.</p>
<p>"I've noticed that a lot of CCers arent in any culture clubs.. is it because college adcoms think that culture clubs aren't a "real" EC?"</p>
<p>No, it's because probably relatively few students are in culture clubs.</p>
<p>Frankly, being president of a very strong culture club that has done innovative things that have had a community-wide impact would impress adcoms more than being yet another Model UN, Mu Alpha Theta, National Honor Society officer who has done nothing substantial except use the office to decorate one's resume.</p>
<p>Top colleges get many applicants who are in MUN, MAO and NHS. Consequently, doing such things is unlikely to make one stand out in thepool unless one is something like national NHS president. Starting a culture club that does significant activities or presiding over a culture club with a community-wide impact, howver, is different, and therefore could catch the eyes of adcoms.</p>