<p>Our robotics program is so poor in both terms that we work with the simple robotics systems. FTC is as high as we go. </p>
<p>Our lead programmer was absent for most of the time last year.</p>
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<p>Oh, gosh, really? Haha, I think if the anti-you sentiment is really strong but “underneath”, I would just be embarrassed and want to leave. But if they ever actually say anything about it and use physical behavior to demonstrate it, it would just harden my resolve to beat those losas, noob.</p>
<p>I know of more than one occasion where I’ve been surrounded by worthless people and told myself, “This is why you want to go to a good college.” It’s at least a guarantee that I won’t be seeing them everyday in three-ish more years LOL.</p>
<p>I joined clubs out of interest, and took mid-level leadership positions for college. I’m really glad I did though, because I loved the extra responsibility and people I worked with. In both cases, I ended up in the top leadership position :D</p>
<p>^^ Yeah, really. At least my sponsor leaves this year, and I get my chem teacher. I plan on working hard again and showing why I should have a leadership position.</p>
<p>I joined clubs for fun, but later years found that most people joined for college. I worked a lot with my clubs (math chess robotics) so much that I got VP or Presidency positions later anyway, which I found useful for college apps.</p>
<p>both. gaaahhh just got my hair cut and it feels so AWESOME</p>
<p>I got kicked out of Newspaper because I never showed up to any of the meetings, lol.</p>
<p>I’m starting a Philosophy Club at my school and already have a list of things I’d like to do in it, but was hoping I could get some other cool ideas too (from you all!). So… help a brother out. Please.</p>
<p>All my clubs are for fun, but they happen to look good on college apps. I’m the proud leater of both the mathletes and the science squad.</p>
<p>In my Theory of Knowledge class (a college philosophy course) we watched an episode of Family Guy where Peter tries to aspire to DaVinci (I think?).</p>
<p>I’d be seriously annoyed if people purely joined clubs for college, particularly if they were the founder/leader/captain. It would just leave out the passion and interest. Where I live (as many of you know- Kiwi land) there isn’t a lot of hype about getting to college, since all you need are test scores to get accepted. However there are big scholarships, which are given to very well-rounded people who are academic superstars, passionate about their hobbies and have excellent leadership skills. In my opinion, the kids who get the scholarship haven’t just done it for the scholarship. Sometimes they may have wanted to slack off but reminded themselves of the scholarship, but still, a girl at my school who got it last year published a book. That involved dedication, talent and interest.
I’m getting a little of topic, so basically, if you just do something for the good college, does the “good college” really want you? Is that the student body you want to mingle with? People who joined clubs in high school just to get into a big name college, I don’t want to college where everybody is entirely like that.</p>
<p>Anything I’ve joined is because I wanted to. I even quit CSF because they don’t do anything. I really hope their college apps are in no way boosted because they ate lunch on campus once every two months.</p>
<p>At some point they will have to answer for what they got out of it…and while they could easily bs something, admissions offices can see through bs.</p>
<p>Also, good for you for having standards. I applaud that.</p>
<p>Question:</p>
<p>I applied for positions for a number of club positions for junior year only because I was a new sophomore at my new school and my previous school offered only athletic EC’s. Would this be seen unfavorably or should I just explain this to schools?</p>
<p>Again, try to incorporate it into your essay if you can. Maybe try talking about your transition from one school to another, if you can. Otherwise, they will see in your transcripts that you did switch schools and will likely not see it as a “last ditch effort” and more as a trying to assimilate yourself to a new school; something that is key for college, so perhaps it could actually work in your favor?</p>
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On the common app, under “educational interruption” you can select “switched secondary schools”, and then you have a section to explain reasons/results. This would be a good place to explain what your old school did or did not offer, and why you joined clubs at your new school.</p>
<p>Oh, thank you Billy. I have no clue how any of those college applications look anymore…it’s been 4 years since I’ve looked at one. =P</p>
<p>I did most of them for college…except for Diversity club since it was the only club that genuinely appealed to me. I really enjoy it and I’m even the VP of it! 
it’s so much fun since we help organize events, small get togethers, movie nights, field trips and a huge cultural heritage fair in th at school in middle of the year…which typically has a large turnout. Hopefully next year I’ll be the President :)</p>
<p>anyone in math club? Can you tell me how to start it? please.</p>
<p>Custard, hopefully this will be helpful: [Question</a> Corner – Starting a Math Club](<a href=“http://www.math.toronto.edu/mathnet/questionCorner/soleclub.html]Question”>Question Corner -- Starting a Math Club)
[Suggestions</a> for Starting a Math Club : Texas Mathworks : Texas State University](<a href=“http://www.txstate.edu/mathworks/Additional-Resources/kidsmath/clubsuggestions.html]Suggestions”>http://www.txstate.edu/mathworks/Additional-Resources/kidsmath/clubsuggestions.html)</p>
<p>My HS did not have a Math Club, but we did have JETS, which was similar-ish. People could attend those meetings for Science Enrichment Activity Points, which they were required to obtain a certain number of per semester.</p>