<p>Any tips on starting new clubs(in my senior year):</p>
<p>National Honors Society
Model UN
Junior State of America
Academic Decathlon
Mock Trial</p>
<p>Any suggestions for new clubs? Would this help my college application if I state that I helped spread education within my campus throughout my four years and giving back to your school is necessary for success?</p>
<p>Starting 5 clubs in one year is impossible. I can tell you right now, you should've started this 3 years ago. It's absolute hell trying to get through the higher-ups in my school, and they say that bureaucracy is the same wherever you go. If you were to get these all approved, you'd have to be the head of every single one-remember, you're the one who started it, so you're the one who has to carry it out, not the monitoring teacher.
Advice: Usually you go to the supervisor for extracurriculars to start. Before you do this, get the requisite signatures, the willing teacher, and a letter showing the purpose and design for each club. That should streamline the process a lot. After that, it's all down to whether they approve or not. </p>
<p>Mock Trial is WORK. If you're planning on actually starting this club, you'll need to get the workbooks, get lawyer-coaches, get people willing to play each part, and (to actually have a chance) PRACTICE LIKE NO TOMORROW. The NJ season is usually from late November to February or later, depending on how well you do. This was right by midterms for me. I call it the 'season' because you should begin practicing and such for it at that time; you need to KNOW the workbook back to front by the time the competitions begin. Prepare to dedicate many hours to this club, if you really want it to succeed.</p>
<p>I was a member of JSA in its first year; if you want to be proactive, it's hard--you need to plan out the mini-cons and other trips, etc. If you want it to be a simple school chapter, then it's merely a club for show, in my opinion; you go to the meetings and simply argue for an hour or two. </p>
<p>Model UN: I'm trying to start this club this year as well, but from what I've heard it is expensive and also very difficult to plan. </p>
<p>NHS seems to be the most bureaucratic. You need to get the administration to do work (gosh) regarding this, since they need to be able to give you a list of the people who meet the basic academic requirement (GPA). My school also forced all candidates to attend a meeting wherein they explained how many recommendations you'll need, who votes you in to the club, etc. It's a lot of work just by looking at it from the outside (I was rejected from NHS for...reasons).
No idea about Academic Decathlon; no one in our region even has it, for all I know.</p>
<p>Edit: I'm not quite sure that these count as 'education', persay. For instance, NHS does not promise education, only the ability to work charitably in its name.</p>
<p>Edit 2: And if you're going to start these clubs, you need the passion, not the desire to add yet another name to your college application. These clubs will fall if they are not built with selfless care.</p>
<p>There is more to life than college. This thread is sad...</p>
<p>Like enderkin said, starting 5 clubs in one year is impossible, especially for certain ones you listed. Just because you start a Mock Trial team doesn't make your application look more appealing. I wasn't in Mock Trial but I did a similar type of activity (We the People) and that was a heavy workload on my schedule. I sacrificed my vacations and weekends for my team because I was interested in what we were learning about. In the end, it paid off. </p>
<p>I didn't do WTP because it would look good on my application (I didn't even include it). So before you start trying to start all these clubs, think about doing something you really want to do and not because you think it might look good on your application. Furthermore, I doubt starting these clubs will increase your chances because I feel like every applicant has one of those you mentioned on their application. Because the majority of people participate in such activities, it doesn't make a big difference on your application unless you're one of those who have won honors in that category (Ex. Mock Trial Finalist).</p>
<p>Enderkin: Hehe, NHS is now like a joke to me. At my school, you don't get invited -- you apply. I didn't even bother because all I would get at the end is a golden tassel to wear, which is completely pointless.</p>
<p>"There is more to life than college. This thread is sad..."</p>
<p>why do people like you constantly tell others that college isn't important? there's absolutely nothing wrong with trying to get a better education which can later set you up for a good job. are you just a sukz0rz who couldn't get into a good college?</p>
<p>I don't think Collegekid12 was trying to make a college education sound worthless. I think Collegekid12 thought the overall tone in nhsharvard's post sounded like your typical CC thread.</p>
<p>not worthless, he just keeps making it sound like doing something to help college admissions is wrong...read his other posts</p>
<p>he started a thread about how harvard is overrated and imo he probably just got rejected and is bitter</p>
<p>I've been a part of many clubs and I've been part of them because of my interest in them. For example, I was part of debate club because I wanted to learn about debate and it connected with law. Because debate club has been focusing on speech and decided to also make a speech club, I dropped out from the club. Instead, I want to start a mock trial.</p>
<p>I am interested in politics, so I want to start clubs, such as Junior State of America.</p>
<p>If course these would help my application, but I want to be in clubs and start clubs that I am interested in. </p>
<p>At my school there is a CSF, but I also want to start an NHS. I am a member of my school's CSF. It's shocking to me that my school has around 15 clubs, but only around 3 may interest me. I believe that my school should give more options for students. I know that my school has to provide more AP class and clubs that promote people to go to college.</p>
<p>Well, Model United Nations is not that hard, but you do need a lot of fundraisers to raise money for the conferences. It's very fun, but a lot of work is invovled. The president should be someone who is well aware of current affairs and has a love for what he/she does. </p>
<p>Academic Decathalon is more work than you could possibly imagine. The one at my school is well known and wins a lot of awars/trophies; they practice 4 days a week from 3-5 and liek 4 hours on saturday. But, if you do not want to be so active, then you could just meet twice. But, the point of a club is to develop a club where you believe in the work that is being done. For example, if you want to be a lawyer, do Mock Trail. If you love international affiars, do Model UN. If you love math, do something like MESA. </p>
<p>Hope that helped...</p>