Ideas for Clubs to Start and How?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Hello,
I'm currently a Freshman at a High School which offers only 8 clubs: Art, Student Council, World Language, Recycling, Key Club, Teens for Christ, FCCLA, and Engineering/Robotics. I am a member of Student Council and World Language Club, and plan on next year joining Key Club, Teens for Christ, and FCCLA.</p>

<p>I am interested in possibly starting a club or clubs.
My reasons are:
- None of the clubs currently offered are in my favorite fields: business and politics
- I believe starting a club will look good on a college application (PLEASE do not post a lecture about doing clubs just for college applications. I've heard it all before. Just thought I'd try to kill two birds with one stone: enjoy myself & help my college chances)</p>

<p>I have considered starting either a Teen Republicans (or Teen Conservatives, etc.) club (PLEASE do not rant about my political beliefs). If my school does not allow that due to being aligned with one ideology, my other idea is simply a Politics Club or something of the sort. If there are any members of such clubs (Teen Republicans, Teen Democrats, Politics Club, etc.) I would greatly appreciate information about what your club does.</p>

<p>I have considered starting some sort of business club, but am unsure of what a club of this sort would do. I found two different national clubs (DECA and FBLA) which allow people to open chapters, but I found their websites extremely useless and ultimately have no idea what the clubs are all about.</p>

<p>I have considered starting a Music Appreciation club. I took a Music Appreciation class last semester and everyone in the class loved it, mostly due to the teacher. I thought that I could ask the teacher to be the advisor. The club would involve listening to music which members bring in and then discussing the music (classical, traditional, and popular).</p>

<p>Any other ideas, or just general club-starting advice, would be greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance!</p>

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<p>As far as political clubs, there’s always the JSA (Junior Statesmen of America). You can have a sort of debate club at the school and then go to larger debates / conventions. Just a thought.</p>

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<p>colleges are liberal as hell… except for my school Notre Dame…</p>

<p>so i’d be worried about colleges seeing that you’re conservative…</p>

<p>politics club sounds like bs to me…</p>

<p>lol i’m French Club President out of the whole two birds one stone thing… (i dont even take French…dont do much for the club either)…</p>

<p>mostly just remember to chill… on thhe thing where you list your extracurriculars you get </p>

<p>TWELVE spots.</p>

<p>For me, sports filled 3, work filled 3, outside service filled 3, leaving me THREE spots for clubs.</p>

<p>This was convenient because I was president of one, chair of another, and had gotten awards in one.</p>

<p>All the other clubs I joined just to impress colleges never even showed up :[</p>

<p>I would plan ahead with the 12 spots thing personally, that woulda been helpful.</p>

<p>Music Appreciate sounds bs-y to me too. Fbla would probably be good.</p>

<p>Also, dont worry too much about matching with interests, schools like diverse canidates.</p>

<p>My interests don’t have much to do with French/curing cancer…</p>

<p>Good luck and remember, you only need 3/4 clubs so get leadership spots and 3/4 years of all of them instead of joining tons of clubs.</p>

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<p>First you need a major loan from a bank nearby.</p>

<p>Then you need to pick what kind of genre you want. I recommend Techno.</p>

<p>Something like this:</p>

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<p>^ took me a little while to get ahaha.</p>

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<p>Waterboy, very helpful, thank you. Sports will fill up 3 of mine. Work will fill up 2 bringing the total to 5. World Language, Student Council, FCCLA, and Key Club will bring it up to 9. That’s 3 more spots, and I’ll make sure to plan accordingly!</p>

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<p>Hahahha, eurosport, I just got that.</p>

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<p>Anyone else?</p>

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<p>you should DEFINITELY do politics club.</p>

<p>You can get tons of volunteering opportunities and you can get a lot of fundraisers</p>

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<p>Start a Teen Republicans club. We need more conservatives in this country.</p>

<p>I think I’ll wear my Republican club T-Shirt tomorrow. GOP!</p>

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<p>I think you shouldn’t do just a republicans club because if you do politics club, it will draw in more people and the meetings will be more engaging</p>

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<p>If I did a general Politics Club I have no idea what the club would do, whereas a Republican club could volunteer for the GOP, raise funds, etc.</p>

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<p>start a teen socialists club</p>

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<p>Yeaaaa… no. But thank you for the suggestion.</p>

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<p>Young Democratic Socialists of America is actually a legit organization</p>

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<p>Teen Republicans reppin’ it!! 2012 lets go haha.</p>

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<p>In our club, we talk about current events and also do fundraisers in and out of school. If you could a more general politics club, you could volunteer for BOTH the republican and democratic parties, with the main goal of making students more aware of politics and active in the political community. It will appeal to a much wider audience.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the suggestion porkperson, ill deffinitely consider it.</p>

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<p>First of all - don’t worry about filling up 12 spots just because that’s how many lines the Common App has. That’s a silly way to think about choosing EC’s. It doesn’t look bad to have fewer, as long as you demonstrate the depth of your involvement . And if you have more, then you just send off one of those slightly-annoying-but-nevertheless-common resumes. </p>

<p>I also wouldn’t worry about a college finding out you are conservative. I can’t imagine a college would penalize you. I can even think of some that might give you points for being an under-represented minority. ;-)</p>

<p>I’m not 100% sure about this, but I don’t think a public school can prevent you from starting a Young Republicans or Young Democrats club, unless doing so impedes the educational process. And even if they do, you could still start a chapter in your county. Don’t be limited by what your school allows!</p>

<p>You are doing a great job with your research - looking into DECA, FBLA, etc. I wonder if you could contact people from local chapters near where you live and set up a meeting with their officers? That way you could get a better idea of what they do.</p>

<p>Some other ideas for you: I saw in another post that you have an interest in cancer. You can definitely do fundraising, either with or without a club. Sell corn-hole boards, do the cowpie bingo, have a walk, etc. There are organizations that focus on community service as well - Interact Club is one. With your interest in business, you could actually start a business. You could arrange internships with local business people or with local politicians. You could start an investing club, or a finance club. Does your school have a little store that sells pencils, planners, etc.? If not, you could start one.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Not sure if it varies by state–though I highly suspect it does not–but at my public high school a students started High School XYZ students for Obama. This was perfectly acceptable–no controversy or thorny/legal issues whatsoever. They campaigned, fundraised, volunteered, discussed politics–all that stuff. It was wildly popular… Not sure how much support you’d have for a conservative club. Depends on where you live. [SHOUT OUT to YOUNG conservatives!]</p>

<p>Junior Statesmen of America seems to be pretty good for debate/politics stuff, and it might attract more people since it’s not explicitly in favor of any one party.</p>