<p>I've been wondering, how will political partisanship affect my applications? It's undeniable that adcoms are humans, and thus they have political values, sometimes which they value more than the purpose of their jobs themself. Yet, out of curiosity, how much does partisanship generally find itself existing in admission decisions based on your reasoning? Obviously adcoms all say it matters nothing, since they are trying to be politically correct, but how much of a red-flag to some adcoms while a dire hook to other adcoms is it? </p>
<p>Note, the case I'm asking about isnt some small poliitcal stuff like being president of a republican/democrat high school chapter. I'm a very high ranking official in the Democratic Party as a high school student and I'd like to know, just out of curiosity, how much my national-prestige/partisanship will play into the decision.</p>
<p>Frankly, I think that you are a high-ranking Democrat member in HS will far outweigh any political views the adcom will have. I am a dem. myself, and if i had an application from the national pres of the young republicans, i would be very impressed.</p>
<p>I think the key idea here is substance. The impressive qualities of your activity (at least in the eyes of an admission counselor) are your dedication and commitment- not the fact that you are strongly liberal in political views. The effort you put into your activity, and not your actual views are most important. That is why AC's can claim that they are unswayed by the actual party affiliation. It's the involvement itself, not the ideas behind the involvement. By describing your position, you show that you are passionate with something. An AC has the obligation to appreciate your efforts even if they contradict their own personal opinions. In other words, you could have been a leader of the Communist Party (well, maybe not XD) and been appreciated for your leadership role.
Best wishes for college</p>
<p>If it makes you feel better, most institutions of higher learning tend to lean to the liberal end of the spectrum. I think the fact that you care about politics would outweigh any of the adcom's feelings about your party.</p>
<p>Plus, most top schools have a liberal leaning anyway. Don't worry about it, you don't want to refrain from putting it down because of this kind of concern. I think it can only help.</p>
<p>What about if I were to campaign for a specific candidate and rise to prominence as such? I just endorsed a candidate and now I'll be applying for a state position in the candidates campaign, as I live in a vital state for the candidate (NY). I have a feeling this is about as partisan as one can get, since now it's person-specific.</p>
<p>Well, here's hoping the commitment counts more than the partisanship, because my child's resume prominently includes Republican leadership and candidates. And you certainly can't say the Ivies lean right <lol> I guess we're in the same boat, Infinite_Truth.</lol></p>
<p>^ I think its something to do with youth demographics as a whole. I believe statistics show as the population ages, they get more conservative. </p>
<p>And since most of the major top universities are in the liberal north, thus they are more liberal I suppose</p>
<p>Well I've personally been volunteer in my local democrats for quite a while, and then I applied to a minor position state-wide, but lost. But I sortof got my name known by that. Then I applied to a bigger position that was still minor, and got it. After doing stuff and being a very passionate and loyal person, I eventually then got a high position from which my previous position was my base for the reasons. (sortof general, but yea lol)</p>
<p>Sortof like how actual politics work I guess, lol. You start off as a city councilman/mayor, move up to state level governor/assemblyman, then to congress. Slowly build up and climb higher. Just like a ladder I suppose - every step you take is helped by the last step you took.</p>