<p>...is stupid. Almost everyone who does it is doing it for college, and frankly they get lucky enough that they become something stupid like Lt. Governor of a state without giving a crap about the mission. Ex.) The Former Key Club President at my school just resigned to become a Lt. Governor, in her words "I dont care at all about key club, Im just doing it for college. I dont think anyone would do key club if it wasnt for college applications" (Mabye little bit of Jealously, but I know im better extracurricularwise and academicaly than her anyway ^_^)</p>
<p>Don't look at it as a negative, but NHS and Key Club (synonymous with volunteering in general) have pretty much become requirements. They're not completely useless, but the ADCOMs will raise an eye if you are not part of NHS or have not volunteered.</p>
<p>At my school, I became really active in the Key Club and it used to have a bunch of people in it, but we lost a lot of people cause of a group of obnoxious sophomore girls who all ran for office the year prior (and possibly the 10 dollar fee no one wanted to pay cause they were just doing it for college). They didn't win ofcourse but they threw a huge BF and the advisor allowed them to be "co-president" and "co-secratary" and what not. They only wanted the title for college admssions. This year I didnt run for office because it's just fluff and they did.. unopposed. By then I was the only junior and it p*ssed me off to see that the Key Club advosr pent all of our fundraising money and stupid gift bags to those who "won" the office. I'm kicking myself in the butt for not running against any of them. One thing's for certain is I will NOT be joining next year.</p>
<p>and 1MX, Key Club is not considered a requirment. Keep in mind colleges don't look for a laundry list of activities. If anything, if an applicant is involved in phony community service clubs it will raise a suspicious eye. Colleges know when you do things just because it looks good on paper.</p>
<p>we don't have a "key club"
we have something called INTERACT which sounds like the same thing
...and is stupid
they do like bake sales and stuff</p>
<p>I wish I could do Habitat for Humanity
we don't have one though, and idk how I'd get it started</p>
<p>prankityclankity .....lol last year my sophmore year, the sophmore girls in key club completely took over the Key Club Leadership...(President, Secretary, Treasurer; the VP was a Junior(now senior))</p>
<p>you guys are wrong, at my school, key club is a huge deal, we win many awards as a club and do a lot of community service, everyone loves being in the club, not everyone does it for colleges, it depends a lot on your adviser too, our adviser is very, very dedicated and the officers are always determined and caring</p>
<p>maybe, it's just because you don't have great leaders in your club</p>
<p>I think the club sort of does it to itself, though. I mean, I was in Builder's Club in middle school, and it was fantastic. Yet I came to high school and joined Key Club, and the leadership was just completely, completely terrible. And this year, same thing with sophomores taking over the club. </p>
<p>I was strongly tempted to attempt a revolution, but I love my "passion" EC too much to devote enough time to revolutionizing Key Club.</p>
<p>And alamode, random fact, I bet we live in the same general area. We have interact here too, and I too am in a NY suburb ;)</p>
<p>"but NHS and Key Club (synonymous with volunteering in general) have pretty much become requirements. They're not completely useless, but the ADCOMs will raise an eye if you are not part of NHS or have not volunteered"</p>
<p>Not true at all. Most colleges choose students mainly based on their gpa, scores, courses, and volunteering, Key Club, NHS count only for merit aid. At the very top colleges, Key Club and NHS don't count at all because virtually all applicants would qualify for those clubs. Not being in Key Club or NHS doesn't mean anything because it's possible that the school didn't have the clubs, there were some politics involved in getting in, the student was busy with more impressive activities or simply wasn't interested in applying.</p>
<p>At my school, Key Club is pretty much the most active and productive club on campus. People join Key Club to have fun, but I guess that's just my school, we do a ton of social stuff on top of service so I'm betting not everyone in Key Club is just doing it to look good for college. Sure people may have joined to look good for college, but by using a narrow generality to judge anybody pass the joining phase just hinders your argument. </p>
<p>I don't know, I'm a Lt. Governor in Key Club and I enjoy it. We're on the most revolutionary board my district has seen in quite a while. Also, being a Lt. Governor is A LOT of work. Atleast if you come from a strong division. It easily takes up 15 hours a week during the summer. Imagine actually volunteering on top of that work load. And there is tons of traveling involved. But I admit there are apathetic Key Clubbers that luckily make it to Lt. Governor just because no one else runs against them. It really depends where the Key Club is from. In my division there are a few clubs that dominate and others that are just there. </p>
<p>But this exists in a lot of schools. Some Mu Alpha Thetas may be extremely involved, but others not. Key Club in my community is a big deal, but there are Key Clubs that borderline exist. </p>
<p>I disagree with the proposed conclusion. The organization aids in many ways including being the lead contributor in ridding the world of iodine deficiency. Maybe your Key Clubs is stupid, but for every lame or weak club, or even division, there are an equal number of amazing and fun clubs and divisions. </p>
<p>Just my 2 cents. Sorry for the wall of text!</p>