<p>Do colleges really take into consideration if you had a student government position, such as class president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer in high school? Today I found out the results for elections we had and was a bit disappointed I did not get secretary. I actually believe I was the most qualified person to run in any position. Living in a small town, most students end up going to state or community colleges. I am aiming higher and it just frustrates me how some of the people who won do not do anything. I have heard that the person who won for secretary told people that she was qualified because she has been in student council every year and knows how it works. She may have been in it every year but she does not do anything. I on the other hand do a lot of things. I volunteer, made 2 presentations for a Veteran's Day assembly, am a Junior Docent at the ______ ______ Presidential Library and Museum, and also founded the school history club. In the past I have found the last person to talk to the UT Tower shooter, a WWII veteran, and President LBJ's Air Force One pilot to come to speak at our school. I already found a speaker for next school year, a wealthy graduate of our school who is the owner of a well known baseball team. I try to do a lot educationally for our school but I believe the students do not care enough. For the elections I believe I was the only one as well to actually be interested in campaigning as some of the other students running became annoyed and said I was putting too much time into it, some of them did not even campaign and got a position. So as I asked before, do colleges really take into consideration if you have held a student government position?</p>
<p>hmm…I wonder if anyone from my school will see this…I don’t really care if they do actually.</p>
<p>I’ve never held a student government position. Considering the amount of students per school in comparison to the number of leadership positions, most kids will not have held a student leadership position… it’s just the way the numbers work.</p>
<p>Anyway, if you’re doing all the great stuff you say you’re doing, you obviously don’t need the title of secretary. Just keep doing what you’re already doing- that and good grades look way better than one simple position. Yeah, it might have helped, but it’s too late now, so focus on what you can control.</p>
<p>Yale does, dont know about others…</p>
<p>but the stuff you do supercedes student govt positions, in my opinion :)</p>
<p>Thank you adaa! It just really irritates me how those students get those positions and do nothing and when I try to do or help plan activities they think or say I am trying to take their job away from them. Hopefully I can find more influential speakers for next year and get my name out there and run for class president next year. But even then I don’t know if anyone would vote for me, my grade has about 100 people in it.</p>
<p>Yes, they will consider it. No it is not one of the most important things. IMO it could easily be replaced by another EC activity. </p>
<p>I got in and I was not involved in student government. Honestly, in most schools, student government is a joke, which I’m sure Princeton knows.</p>
<p>I personally think that attaining a valuable leadership position in an active student club is better than student gov’t. This may just be at my school, but clubs such as NHS, Interact, International Club, etc. each individually do more than the student gov’t who essentially just puts together prom. You would be much better off being an officer in one of these, or even better, start your own chapter of a club like this.</p>