<p>Considering that you are the creator of a club at your specific school (not a branch or anything), what are the merits of doing so?</p>
<p>My club is called the Philosophy Club and all we ever do is have meeting and sit around, (not smoke), and just discuss things about ancient philosophers and modern ones, too. But the thing is, we never do activities in the community, and it's very hard to find something worthy of putting on a resume.</p>
<p>So the club is basically a friendly get-together, not much more. In fact, the president's only job is to facilitate discussions, which are usually carried out fine by themselves.</p>
<p>How good do you think this 'leadership position' will look on a college application?</p>
<p>This is precisely why my eyes glaze over when I read somebody's EC stat sheet, and it's loaded with president of this, president of that.</p>
<p>It means very little unless you can say something like, "as president of the Philosophy Club, not only did I facilitate our weekly discussions about ideas for contributing to the community, I got the group to come to consensus about our best idea for the year, which was raising funds for the local chapter of the American Autism Society." [and then you need to say specifically what you did, i.e. created and put up flyers, worked with local businesses to donate goods for the silent auction, set up and worked phone trees to solicit monetary donations from neighborhoods, etc. etc.]</p>
<p>Specific actions and specific results will always get you where you want to go. Showing up at 3:15 to yack with your friends doesn't mean much, even if your title is President.</p>