<p>@Castel
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Do leadership positions really matter? I've been in NHS, CSF, and Math Club for 3 years now but I haven't assumed any leadership positions. Is that a bad thing? I tried obtaining a leadership position my senior year but as I'm not that popular, some other person got it.
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Not "titles" per se, but responsibility. And most of the time, a leadership position = added responsibility.</p>
<p>If you were a college, would you take the kid who's been in three clubs all four years as a member? Or the kid who's been in three clubs all four years and was president/vice president/secretary/whatever for her junior and senior year?</p>
<p>Obviously, the person who took the initiative to gain more responsibility and control is associated with having more potential. You're going to pick the second kid.</p>
<p>You don't have to be popular to get a leadership position (a lot of kids at my school aren't, they did just fine). You have to step out of your comfort zone to succeed. Might as well get used to it while you're in high school.</p>
<p>If you can't get a leadership position for say, a community service club, talk to the head and see if they can put you in charge of projects. Like, have you organize weekly trips to the homeless shelter, something like that. So on your application, you can say that you organized/headed stuff.</p>
<p>You need something that shows that you're capable of more.</p>