So last year, I ran for treasurer of the History club. I did it to motivate me to show up because altho I’ve been a memeber since freshman year, the meetings are on Tuesdays and I have music lessons right after, so my attendance has always been spotty. Anyways, I won, but when I came back in the fall no one said anything? I came to one meeting and they were all underclassmen and no one, not the teacher sponsor nor the president or Vice President, ever asked me to do anything or acknowledged that I was treasurer. I don’t really like the people in the club or the teacher sponsor, so I was fine with that. I participated in the fall fundraiser and field trip, but only attended three meetings and never did any leadership. On my colllege application, my mom encouraged me to put that I was club treasurer because I WAS, and it didn’t matter if I never did anything. I put it and I think it’ll check through (I’ve done a lot of history based camps and am active in a local history group), but now I feel disingenuous. What if they do call the teacher and ask and she’s like “oh yeah mauvepen. But she never showed up much and didn’t do anything as treasurer?” My mom says everyone is exaggerating and it’s not a lie, but I feel kind of bad. Is this bad? Idk I’m just feeling like a bad person about this. Thank you and sorry all my posts are so crazy long.
If you were elected and participated, I think it’s fair game. My D only had one elected leadership position in, quite frankly, a silly club. Their meetings, which they did attend diligently, were never about anything much. But they did meet, and the club had members. She put it on her app. Did it matter if the club was dumb? I don’t think so. You arent lying, so put it in.
But if you were elected and didn’t fill the role, you don’t have the treasurer experience to list.
First of all, they won’t call your teacher. Sometimes they call GCs, but not teachers. I do agree that you probably shouldn’t have listed it. If you have apps not submitted yet, I’d take it off. Other than that, I wouldn’t do anything. I doubt it will tip your app anyway.
@lookingforward, you have a point, but given the crazy competitiveness of admissions today, and the fact that the OP was in fact elected, and did attend functions and meetings, I think it’s totally fair to list it. OP isn’t lying. It isn’t OPs fault if there was no actual work involved with doing the position. It’s such a minor thing as @intparent says, and it wouldn’t tip the balance most likely. But don’t you think it might leave a gap in the app? I actually think it would be worse to leave it off, unless the OP had better things to list, of course. Maybe I am not as scrupulously ethical as the rest of you:-)
My D2 got in everyplace she applied, including some top schools with NO leadership positions. Don’t worry about it.
Just put it in, unless you have 10 better things to put in the Common App (max of 10 EC’s). You’re not lying about your election to the post, and you probably did at least something to put in the description. Anyway, they’re not going to hunt you down for that one thing. There are thousands of applicants for any school 
First, no idea what colleges or what tier. And yup, mine got into their choices without hs “titles.” (Other clear leadership, yes.)
@Lindagaf, I don’t think treasurer is a tip, not the sort of gap that really matters. Her post underscores that she didn’t pursue any responsibilities, pipe up, make herself engaged, was minimally involved. (So, was there no treasurer function, if she didn’t handle it?) She can include it or not.
I think you’re fine. You are treasurer, and I doubt that they’ll call the teacher. No worries:)
Thanks for the advice. I took it off for the rest of the applications (won’t tell mom) because I actually was the treasurer for my youth group and was really active as a leader and treasurer in that role there (vp and secretary of youth group basically dipped so me and the prez have been running the show wh our youth leader since junior year) and I don’t want to detract from that.