<p>Besides the fact that my family barely has a car, I still tried to join clubs. I had my eyes on two clubs I REALLY wanted to join. Mu Alpha Theta and Future Business Leaders of America. I can't join both. Apparently, since I haven't taken two business classes I can't compete. I can join but not as a full member. They still pay the fees, and dress up and go to the competitions but they can't compete. Is that even a requirement by the FBLA people? My hopes for joining ended since I could not compete and they meet one time every month which is crazy. Mu Alpha Theta's website said you have to have completed Geometry and Algebra to join, be in grade 9-12, which I have done. I thought I could join, but turns out you have to have completed Algebra 2 and be at least a sophomore with a 3.8 GPA. It's not like I don't know Algebra 2/Trig. I went to that meeting today and I felt disappointed so I left. The only other clubs are seriously only to look good on your application, and they don't do anything. I'm being serious. The only other serious club is Debate which I can't join since I'm not in the class. We don't have Robotics or Science Olympiad. I'm going to apply next year to go to a science and math school, and all of those kids are the ones who join 6 clubs and think it's impressive. I'm also in the most competitive district. I don't think I'll get in. I don't know what to do. </p>
<p>I can’t start a club if I’m not a junior or senior. </p>
<p>Wow. Um, your choices seriously suck. Just focus on improving your own passions for right now. I would suggest that you create a club that caters to your interests and has some more laid-back requirements as a junior because your school isn’t offering much to its students in the EC department.</p>
<p>And, can you get a job? That might take the place of an EC and still be viewed positively by adcoms. </p>
<p>That situation sounds like a pain in the arse. Honestly, you might want to look into getting involved outside of school. For instance, getting friends together for something like Odyssey of the Mind or a team for a non-profit like the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. There are also competitions that you could participate in like science fairs or history fairs. I don’t think it’s good to feel limited to only what your school offers, and your school also has some pretty weird regulations that are a turn-off. </p>
<p>So if you stick with the business club this year and go to the competitions for the experience, can you take the classes you need for next year? Do you have Quiz Bowl, Academic Decathlon, or competitive forensics/speech? Those are all pretty good academic clubs if they are available – takes quite a bit of work to succeed, but that can be said of most things worth doing. Do you have any interest in joining the tech crew in the theater department?</p>
<p>@dyiu13 I agree. I want to do that too. I’m not sure, I could only work three hours a day. I’ve been looking into local places hiring and all.</p>
<p>@awakeningvenus I don’t really have a car. Only certain days past 7. My school has no fairs. My school is filled with a bunch of kids go want to get into UNC (~40 kids a year go there), and they are all the type who worry over a 90 and start clubs that have no purpose. There are too many clubs like this. I might want to join HOSA, the teacher likes me because of my sister (my sister was a president from freshman year to senior year and she didn’t even run). You have to do community service and that car issue… My school basically caters to all of these UNC-obsessed freaks. Everyone joins Kind Acts Club and things just for their application. People run track just for college. In FBLA, the president is a sophomore and she didn’t run. </p>
<p>@intparent We don’t have an Academic Decathlon, Quiz Bowl, Tech Crew, or anything a normal school has. We don’t have a theater dept, and the plays are for kids in the class (the final for them is the play).</p>
<p>There are alternatives to participating in a school fair. A lot of schools send students directly to the regional event, though if your school doesn’t, there are also online science fairs. It’s amazing to think of how interconnected the world is, where students can share scientific research virtually. Google Science Fair is one of the really well known ones. I’m pretty sure Siemens does a competition. There’s also ISTF (Internet Science and Technology Fair). Another one I heard about is eCybermission, which is only for Freshmen. My point is that there are opportunities out there, even if they aren’t connected with your school. </p>
<p>It sounds like you can participate in the FBLA club. And the Mu Alpha Theta thing, I think that’s what my daughter was in and at our school you cannot join until you are a junior. Maybe you should give some of those other clubs a closer look. Are you really not allowed to join debate without the class? Or, why not start a science olympiad team if that’s what you’re interested in? Sounds like your school has a lot of joiners so give it a try. Also see if you can get a ride from someone if transportation is a problem, or is there a late bus you can ride, or can you study at school after your club until someone can pick you up (I’m assuming that it’s not possible to walk…)? As far as no fairs, I didn’t even know that some high schools have their own fairs. Ours doesn’t. For some of these activities I think you need to look a little beyond your school and see what’s available in the larger community.</p>
<p>See… I really don’t like STEM a whole lot. I hate science. I like math, but not pure math and research.</p>
<p>I like business, math, economics, finance and sometimes math</p>