I was wondering if Winter Homecoming King is something that I should put on my college application.
How our school does it:
Everybody in the school votes, and one boy and one girl are chosen from each class to represent the class. Then the people in the homecoming court must raise money for a charity and whoever raises the most wins. Well, we raised $2,600 for the American Cancer Society in the 5 days and won. I was wondering if this is something worth putting on my application.
<p>even without the money i would say its worth putting. why? because it shows that u dont just study, u have friends and u have a social life. colleges dont want just bookworms. they want people who are socially active as well</p>
<p>I would put it becasue it adds an interesting side of you. I won an apple pie baking contest at a retirement home one time (and a lot of old ladies entered too) and I put that on my applications. I don't expect them to accept me because of that, but I think it makes me interesting and will help them remember me because they might laugh about this sort of silly accomplishment.</p>
<p>Homecoming King is not what adcoms are looking for. It's a popularity contest. Raising money for the American Cancer Society is significant though. Mention the rundraising without reference to HK.</p>
<p>Yeah! They want social people with good people skills, someone who inspires people to vote for them. These are often the kinds of people who can make contacts and be successful outside of college. No matter what gsp<em>silicon</em>valley tells you, being "popular" is not a turn-off for college. It's a good thing, especially if you've got the stats to go with it as well.</p>
<p>Please, don't listen to gsp<em>silicon</em>valley...</p>
<p>You can't say popularity does not matter. In order to be French Club President, your peers must vote for you; in order to be homecoming king, your peers must vote for you.</p>
<p>Being homecoming king shows that he is respected and yes, popular, with his classmates...There is nothing wrong with that. There is nothing wrong with being socialable and well liked by people.</p>
<p>It's not going to hurt if you put it. I'm betting it will help you. It is a pretty big accomplishment in my book....</p>
<p>I guarantee that Homecoming King will help your application. There are numerous college admission articles about ad coms seriously looking at how well adjusted applicants are (ie. suicidal? many friends?) because of how many students need counseling and have issues at college. And like it or not but Homecoming Kings and Queens tend to be likeable people. Homecoming King is the simple validation that you are well-liked and respected (and possibly very good looking). Superficial? Maybe. But so is our striving for key leadership positions like Captain, President and Editor-in-Chief on our own applications, which ad coms also give more weight to v. less glamorous leadership roles. Homecoming King is the social equivalent of being the Captain or Editor and leaders come in many different packages. Do you want to hang out with Homecoming Kings in college? or socially awkward students? It's an obvious bragging point.</p>
<p>If your peers vote you French Club president or to a citywide, countywide or statewide position of authority and stature...yes!</p>
<p>If your peers vote you the most inspirational senior...maybe.</p>
<p>But if your peers vote you homecoming king, prom king or senior class clown...no! It is the title, position and purpose that determines its value to adcoms, not simply that your peers voted for you. </p>
<p>Homecoming king by itself carries no value. But to get some closure to this dialogue, at least for me, I will concede that saying something like "as a result of my commitment to the American Cancer Society, my high school peers acknowledged my fundraising efforts by voting me Homecoming King" might be of interest to adcoms. </p>
<p>The emphasis is on the ACS fundraising, your commitment to the cause and the respect for you that your peers demonstrate. Homecoming King itself is an insignificant piece of a much bigger accomplishment.</p>
<p>To me, homecoming king or queen is a popularity contest. It is. As for kids "respecting" them. Look around your high school. Is it always the most respected that get voted for things? Raising money aside, it is still a beauty pagent. Are the homecoming queens average girls or beauty queens? Not knowing your school, I can't imagine it will garner much resepct, no offense. I am not saying the original poster didn't deserve it. its just that homecoming king and queen has a certain image. </p>
<p>And what do you mean by "class"- grade? homeroom? do you campaign? are you nominated? how did you raise the money? that to me would be the most relavent....Its almost as if you could buy the crown...you know, who ever comes in with the most money wins....I mean, I am sure you worked fair and square to raise all that money. It won't hurt you, but could distract from other things. </p>
<p>Its an unusual way to do things, thats for sure....</p>
<p>The money is raised through a variety of ways, mostly small private donations of $5-$20 or from kids on campus of about $1, heh.</p>
<p>Homecoming king is not the only EC on my app, lol, just wondering if I should include it. I am also Senior President, President of CSF, President of the Football Club (run fundraisers), Treasurer of Critics of the Fine Arts, WASC Student Accreditation Committee, Parks and Recreational Youth Committee, along with Varsity Football, Hockey, Volleyball and Wrestling.</p>
<p>You think it would be good to throw in the mix?</p>
<p>gigante, I said that i wasn't going to post anymore...and I lied.</p>
<p>Homecoming King just doesn't seem to fit in with your other titles. IMHO, it belongs in a personal essay somewhere, where you share what it meant for you to be voted by your peers or something like that.</p>
<p>Elcommando, you think best to no de-emphasize? I mean, I fail to see how it could be a bad thing, even if I didn't get anything for it, it's not like they would subtract poinrts for putting it.</p>
<p>You don't need it. And it could be distracting. As for the fundraising, It wasn't like a you needed to organize anything or plan anything. You asked for money. Which was for a good cause, but this doesn't add anything to your impressive list. It almost like a Whos Who kind of thing. You did deserve it, but eh...</p>
<p>You could list it, but I wouldn't do anymore than that. And list it last, almost as an afterthought, or in the middle somewhere. That would be kind of cool. Stuck in the middle of all your other stuff!!! But don't put it down as an office held, or leadership position. Your other ECs are much more impressive. Don't make it a big deal. If you put it in an essay, it like, well I was chosen for this thing, and gee I learned so much for raising money by asking for it, and got a crown!! DId you do anything with cancer patients? Did it change your views? Life altering? Get my drift? I am not trying to be flip, but it could come across that way. Instead, with all of the other things you do, I think you should be able to find something much more powerful. </p>
<p>Congrats by the way!!!! The rest of your list is quite good.</p>