I need some advice from you guys.
I am going to volunteer at a hospital, and also have helped in a homeless food bank. I was also on the sports team in my school. I had some tutoring experience too.
But
How can I show leadership?
What activities can I do during the summer to show leadership?
Thank you
Bump
What do you like to do with your time? What is your major? I can’t tell if you are asking this as a high school student or a college student? If you are starting UCR this fall as a freshman, you may want to use this summer to research new volunteer opportunities that are close to campus. You would have to earn the leadership roles once you have some time under your belt.
If you are already a student at UCR, utilize the school career center, faculty office hours, bulletin boards, etc. to find new options that are in your area of interest. Be a great “employee”- be consistent, show up on time, do what you say you will do, don’t complain if you are given a boring task, etc. Pretty soon, the organization will promote you into an area of greater responsibly. Remember, even though you work for free, those you are helping are relying on your service. You have to earn their trust before before you can lead them.
Im a high school senior, I have good activities, but no way to show leadership on the application
I don’t think that you should worry about it. You already have good ECs which help people.
In my rather long experience the best leaders are the ones who consider their main job as leaders is to help people. Leaders who think that “leadership” involves bossing people around don’t get very far (and they are wrong).
Also, the very most selected schools (Stanford, Harvard, MIT) use ECs as a way to choose between students who are basically perfect otherwise (perfect grades, test scores, and references). For the rest of the schools (anything beyond the top 10 or 20) you can go a long way on GPA and test scores alone (assuming decent references). UC Riverside is a very good university, but it is not so highly selective that you have to be perfect to get accepted.
If you are targeting UCR for Undergrad admission, EC’s are considered but not top priority. Your EC’s are fine and just taking the initiative to help in your community shows leadership.
UCR’s application review criteria:
Very important: Academic GPA, Application essay, Rigor of secondary school record, Standardized test scores
Considered: Character/personal qualities, Extracurricular activities, First generation college student, State residency, Talent/ability, Volunteer work, Work experience
Note: A fixed weight point system comprehensive review model that culminates in an Academic Index Score to determine admission for incoming freshmen.