<p>Hello.
Firstly, I apologize if this is the wrong forum to post this in.
Secondly, I also don't know how much work would be involved.
High school in my Canadian province is 10-12, and the school that I'm interested in is not too diverse EC-wise nor big in non-athletic extracurricular activities. What I'm wondering is if I can found lots of clubs for the betterment of the school community, but not get involved in the club after it is established.
What I mean is that if a particular club doesn't appeal to me but will be a really good contribution to the school, can I found it, build it up, and once it's going and somewhat established, to transfer presidency and leadership to someone else, subsequently leaving the club?
Can I do this?
Should I do this?
What will admissions officers think of this?
Will they think that I'm throwing things onto my list of extracurricular activities without showing depth?
Thanks!</p>
<p>I don’t see why you couldn’t do this, but if you’re not invested in a club it’s not going to help you very much in college admissions. It would have pretty much the same effect as being a “member” of a club, someone who just shows up every week and doesn’t have any real responsibilities. </p>
<p>@halcyonheather Except I wouldn’t even be a member.
But would it make admissions officers think badly of me?</p>
<p>I know. I’m saying it would have the same effect as just being a member. It might look like you were just doing it for college admissions. </p>
<p>@halcyonheather Would it be wise to take this club-making activity and turn out into a single extracurricular on the list in my application, perhaps explaining what I was doing, so that it doesn’t look like that I’m just doing it for admissions?</p>
<p>Do you have a specific one in mind?</p>
<p>If you have already predetermined that you will quit within a short amount of time, then you have no real motivation to see it grow and prosper. Plus, the best part of clubs that help the community is the fact that IT ACTUALLY HELPS THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY! If helping your school community isn’t the primary goal for a school-based service project/group, then you’re doing something wrong.</p>
<p>I’m not saying that looking good on admissions isn’t important. Of course there are some groups (NHS, for example) that nearly everyone (who can) joins just to “look good”. However, when it comes to volunteerism, I strongly believe that you should be doing something that you strongly believe in. There was a time when I was trying out different things to see what I liked (volunteering at the public library, for example), but realized that I didn’t feel like I was having a direct impact (rearranging books seemed pointless). So I found things that actually made me feel like I was helping (i.e. mentoring), and I actually felt like I was making a difference.</p>
<p>Bottom line? Find something you truly enjoy and stick with it. Don’t pre-plan your quitting, because more likely than not, there won’t be anything left to quit.</p>
<p>What’s the point of finding a whole bunch of clubs that you’re not even going to involve yourself in? That just seems really pointless. I doubt this would do any good for college admissions at all.</p>
<p>First word that came to mind after reading your post…poseur.</p>
<p>@DigitalKing @Animefan1998 @geo1113 @halcyonheather @dextrous
Haha; I just read through the thing again from an outsider’s perspective and poseur is the first thing that comes to my mind, too.
I also had some ideas, although they’re not coming to mind right now; I just thought of this concept.
However, I am not doing this for the purpose of admissions. There is a lack of initiative in the student body for anything outside of sports, but looking through all of this great advice, I think that there are better ways to deal with that and livening up the school experience than just stepping in and founding all the clubs myself!
I agree: I should deal with the problem in other ways and actually just get involved in things that interest me.
Thanks to everyone!</p>
<p>And even though this is off-topic, since it was brought up, is NHS only in America, or can it also be done in Canada; it says that they have Canadian chapters on their website, but the chapter setup form asked for state and not province. Just wondering if anyone knows. I don’t want the NHS because it will look good on my app but because the concept is unique in our city, as our city doesn’t even have one chapter, and the concept interests me.</p>
<p>Again, thanks to everyone!</p>
<p>It sounds like you are doing it purely for college admissions, but I truly don’t believe that… Trust me dude, once you get involved in a club a see it to the top, you will not want to just let it go.</p>