So recently I started the first (and so far only) atheist club at my school. But someone I knew heard about it, and he started a computer club just so he could be the president and put it on his college application. This guy does a lot of things just for the college app, and it really annoys me how he doesn’t actually care about what he’s doing but is doing it just so he can pad his application. He doesn’t do anything in his computer club (I literally, mean nothing - their meetings are like 5 minutes long because no one shows up. Not even their adviser). I was wondering if this person could still put that he was the president of the club on his college application, because it seems really unfair that you could just start a club and do nothing and still make yourself look good on your college application.
Worry about your own application. Why do his actions bother or impact you?
@cottontales I get that comparing yourself this way isn’t good but it bothers me that I would be competing against thousands of other students who don’t dedicate themselves to certain activities like I do, yet on the application it would look the same. I trust that college admissions officers are much smarter than I perceive them to be, but I don’t know how they could see past what we claim to have done in our applications.
Adcoms are smarter than you think; they can weed through the bull.
Wow I have a similar problem just like yours. I really want to believe that college admissions officers can see who did stuff just to look good but I don’t really see how they’re able too. It sucks how people can just do whatever just to look good for colleges.
You said that you “recently” started your atheist club at your school. You won’t get any more admissions bonus points than your classmate will. It is not worth your time to worry about such a pretty thing. The adcoms won’t give your recently started club a second look nor his or hers.
@CottonTales I’m not a senior
But why is this bothering you so much? He or she may think the same about you and your club. Do what you like and enjoy and don’t worry about others…
@CottonTales I think the problem is that people can essentially pretend they did something they didn’t and still look just as good on college applications as someone who actually did do something. It brings up the question “why even try to do something when someone can seem to have done the exact same thing without doing anything?”
@NicknameNumber , I understand what the OP perceives to be true, but my point is they don’t really know what their classmates motive or objective is anymore than somebody knows what theirs is. Not their business and definitely not worth the stress that the OP clearly feels.
I strongly agree with that, many people in my school have created and are in clubs that literally do nothing but just holding the title that they have.
I’m starting to lose motivation knowing that other people can just not do anything but look as good as someone that actual tried to be actively involved in their EC
Sometimes colleges call GCs for more information. It could come out then. My guess us that if he cuts a lot of corners, his teachers know as well. His recommendations may be lukewarm, and he will never know. But you can’t control any of this. Work hard in your own life. Don’t worry about people like that.
You are not just competing with students from your school in getting into colleges. There are students like him all over the place. Some are successful in presenting work that they really have not done, most are not if any type of questions are asked. Either way spend your time concentrating on things that you can change and not things that you can’t.
@raffie Worry about yourself and quit snooping into other people’s business. Cheaters exist everywhere in the world, even past high school.
@raffie basically what every1 is trying to tell u is dont be a snitch and mind ur own business
karma will bite them back in the future (since ur atheist u probably dont belive in karma, but oh well)
Closing thread; nothing left to say