How can I prove that I'm a leader?

<p>So it seems that I'm in a bit of a predicament. In my freshman year (last year), I was in 4-5 clubs, of which one was a science club I kind of enjoyed. Being the cocky little freshman I was, at the end of the year, I applied only to the science club for an officer position, thinking that I actually had a chance of nabbing the position, while other freshmen around me applied to pretty much every club they belonged to. However, I pretty much bombed my chances of getting the position (I wrote irrelevant things on my application and got tongue-tied during the face-to-face interview). </p>

<p>Back then, I thought of those freshmen as pretentious as they fawned over the current officers and pretended like they were so interested in everything those officers had to say in order to gain some brownie points. But now that I look back, I wish I had been one of those freshmen, because I feel that I could have possibly had a chance of getting a position or two for the clubs that I was in. </p>

<p>Since now, as a sophomore, I do not hold any officer positions for any club, I feel that my one leadership opportunity to prove to colleges I'll be applying to in the future that I'm a good candidate has been taken away from me. Is there any way I could possibly redeem myself to show these colleges that, although I was not an officer for any club my sophomore year, I still have great leadership qualities in me? School is starting in a few days, and I definitely want to have a game plan so that I don't repeat the same mistake I made last year.</p>

<p>You could perhaps run for a position in that club again, or another club you’re in? Also, keep in mind that leadership is not restricted to school-related activities, and that not everybody is a leader (otherwise, there would be few to no “followers”).</p>

<p>Honestly, it’s really hard to become an officer sophomore year anyways. Start your own club. Apply again this year. Tutor. Become a leader in an outside-of-school activity.</p>

<p>@MITer94‌ Yeah, I’ll probably just end up applying for a position again this year for the same club, as well as other clubs. I’ve certainly learned my lesson from this experience. </p>

<p>@topaz1116‌ At my school I know quite a few sophomores who have 1-2 positions in clubs already. And does tutoring/mentoring really count as a leadership activity? I always assumed it was just another extracurricular.</p>

<p>It could, if it’s a larger program that you create. If you’re just tutoring kids, then maybe not. But if you create, say, a program to teach kids how to enjoy science at the library, that would be considered leadership.</p>