<p>I'm running for officer in my Interact club, which is fairly large at our school. Yes, I like this club a lot as I enjoy community service. Im going to be a senior next year and certain other extracurriculars/ generally busy schedule, especially with college apps, won't allow me to commit as much time as I'd like to for this club. However, I'd still like to be very involved and help create projects. I decided that I would run for vice president instead of president because of this.
However now my friend keeps telling me that people, especially admissions officers, look down on people being VP's, even if it's an active club, because they might see it as a cop-out position that is only done for the title because the president usually does most of the work. Is this true?</p>
<p>President always looks better. Get President this year and go for District Governor next.</p>
<p>Generally, I think they yawn at the list of in school clubs with any titles if you’re talking about selective schools. Stop listening to people and do what yup enjoy.</p>
<p>^ agree about the yawning. ECs more than anything show that an applicant can manage their time well. In the best cases, they show creativity and leadership. Frankly they don’t matter much. The letters of rec matter much more than lists of ECs – tennis, pretty good, piano/violin, pretty good, Varsity track, pretty good, XXX small club on campus with 8 members, President… Treasurer Sr. Class, yawn, yawn, yawn, yawn, yawn.</p>
<p>And leadership isn’t really about a title, anyway. You can demonstrate your great leadership qualities by your actions, not by your titles.</p>
<p>I thought you were asking about Vocal Percussion, which is the name that a cappella groups use for what everyone else calls beatboxing. :)</p>
<p>I know what you guys are saying, but I actually really enjoy being in this club. And if you don’t know what interact club is… it’s like a community service club, like key club. I’d say about 40 people show up to every meeting, so no it’s not a small club- in fact, one of the biggest clubs in the school. Consequently it takes a lot of commitment to run this club and find plenty of volunteer opportunities for the members. It’s just that without Interact club officer experience or enough time I know I wouldn’t make an effective president</p>
<p>Listen, unless you’re AT LEAST the mayor of your town, you don’t have a shot anywhere. I mean, VP, who are we kidding?</p>
<p>No, but really. Any office in a club is better than none, but they will not define your app by any means. I can only speak from personal experience, but I was admitted to Tufts with no clubs or volunteer work. So your VP is gravy.</p>
<p>Officerships can mean a lot of different things, though it seems VP is the spot that always gets looked down on the most. But, interviewers may ask about what you did in these clubs, and you can explain your role and duties, which says more than “oh, I’m President”.</p>
<p>I’m VP of a couple pretty big EC’s at my school-- due to the politics of the thing (yes, there are things that could be called “politics”) I’m not president for Orch or MAO, but I do carry a pretty large part of the workload. The Prez people set an agenda, I carry it out.</p>
<p>Colleges wont look at ur CV negatively if you have been VP! A friend of mine never moved above VP in any club he joined but was highly praised for his volunteer works by the college he applied ED to (and got accepted too)!</p>
<p>OP, I know how you feel, in fact this kinda happened to me with key club… it’s a big club at our school. If I don’t have enough time to commit to organizing a bunch of events the club will be a big mess and I will be blamed for it. So in that sense VP is a bit of a cop-out but as long as you contribute a lot to the club and can mention it somewhere I wouldn’t be too worried about it.</p>