<p>Ok. NEWS FLASH. It may have been a popularity contest way back in the day or even now in some schools, but it isn't like that everywhere. At my highschool, the year I graduated, a physically handicapped boy in a wheel chair got homecoming king....NOT SO POPULAR WITH ALL THE GIRLS? But, he had a good heart and everyone saw that, everyone isn't so superficial, and fyi my senior class was about 400 some people.</p>
<p>"There's nothing wrong with being popular. "</p>
<p>Thank you!! It is a good thing not a bad thing.</p>
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<p>Thank you!! It is a good thing not a bad thing.
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<p>If you are popular because you are being yourself, then I would agree.</p>
<p>If you are popular because you do what you think everyone else will like, then I would disagree.</p>
<p>It depends on the situation I guess.</p>
<p>Commanding popularity isn't easy for everyone, and it isn't easy to maintain either.</p>
<p>Freshmen year i was concerned with being popular, or part of the popular group, then i got out of that stage, and now I think I am more popular, heh.</p>
<p>Popularity is relative.</p>
<p>yeah it is.</p>
<p>Also, should things such as Sports Editor of School Newspaper, Prom Committe Leader, and Salinas Rodeo Committee be included in my EC's?</p>
<p>of course they should</p>
<p>Yes popularity cannot just be achieved I think you have to be popular from the start or very outgoing.</p>
<p>I disagree; I think popularity can be acheived. (Ex: At your school's talent show you and your band perform amazingly; another example: you start to be outgoing and become friends with everyone)...just making a point.</p>
<p>...that would be very outgoing............ and yes a band but thats an outside thing so I guess your right about that part</p>
<p>Amber is right. Last year, it was on the local news how this high school's homecoming queen was a student with down syndrome. It's not always a popularity contest.</p>
<p>One doesn't have to be very outgoing to be very popular. There are people who truly are simply nice -- good listeners, kind, appreciate other people and like being around them -- who also are popular.</p>
<p>In addition, popularity can depend on the values of the students at the high school. Not all high schools are filled with students whose values are superficial and materialistic. There really are places where the majority of the student value others based on other things.</p>
<p>I don't think popularity can be achieved by trying to do so. I think popularity is something that is achieved by being yourself, having fun, being nice to those around you. btw, the "popular" group is not the same as being popular.</p>
<p>Remember, there are also those that are "popular" who are feared....just think of those cliques in junior high and high school..not all popular people are sweet....</p>
<p>feared popular people?...Maybe my school is unique b/c I can't think of any--only in movies</p>
<p>Yeah, I think in today's day and age, the feared people are not popular, and there aren't many of them. My school is infested with norte's and sereno's (gangs) and I don't think they are that popular, and nobody fears them, or not everyone, I have stood my ground against a few of them.</p>
<p>I think what is lacking in this thread is 1) who sits on adcoms and 2) what they value and what the campuses value in their applicants.</p>
<p>1) Many applicants think 40 year olds in smoking jackets are sitting behind a desk reading their application or discussing it with ten of their colleagues all over the age of 30. Not true. Most adcoms are young with the majority of the committee under 30 even at the most selective colleges in the country. They are young, get colloquial references, understands current culture both in schools (i.e. Mean Girls) and in society (i.e. Socioeconomics, etc). Homecoming King or Queen is something tangible to hold on to and advocate with to other members of the committee. Most assuredly, members of a Committee will make all of the comments mentioned here about what the title actually means but in the end it is still an important validation that someone is perceived by their peers as a star. Colleges want stars-in all different areas, etc.</p>
<p>2) Every school is different and by in and large so is every adcom. Research the fit and feel of each insitution you are applying to and if you do a good job, different experiences may be worth highlighting for different schools. Easy formula, many students seem to have hard time executing this advice. </p>
<p>VERDICT: Homecoming King is a good title for your extracurricular brag sheet. Giving some context to it, like the fundraising efforts, can add some weight to the title.</p>
<p>Very well put ^^ :)</p>
<p>Good thinking beautifulday, thanks for the input.</p>