<p>If you were an adcom, would you look more favorably on someone who was elected president, or someone who started his/her own club and became the president of it?</p>
<p>probably depends on what club.</p>
<p>I'm not an adcom or anything but this is my .02:
Anyone can START a club; I can start the booger-eating club for all I care. Being elected president by your peers seem to show that you're more of a leader. This doesn't apply in every case and depends on the club, but generally, that's what I would see it as.</p>
<p>then again, presidents are often chosen in a very biased manner by club advisors. Sometimes people get the position because of pure popularity.</p>
<p>Then why do people list founder/president when they can just list president on their applications? Can you also give some examples about depending on the club?</p>
<p>Adcoms don't care what your position is. They care how you contribute to your community and school with your position.</p>
<p>except that in most cases, "president" is a figurehead position designed solely to give college obsessed freaks one more thing to list on his application.</p>
<p>the "presidents" at my school do nothing.</p>
<p>THat might be your school, but it's different from mine-- You're expected to do a lot.</p>
<p>how do colleges know how much you did besides your essays?</p>
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except that in most cases, "president" is a figurehead position designed solely to give college obsessed freaks one more thing to list on his application.
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Not most cases, just your case...</p>
<p>In real organizations, which a few high school organizations resemble, Presidents do do more than almost everyone else, and if you disagree then you are just being an arrogant and jealous little brat, who is just jealous that he or she didn't win or get the president's spot</p>
<p>what about if none of the clubs at my school have presidents/vp etc..cuz they think it is like "leaving ppl. out or smt.." should i explain that on my app?</p>
<p>In my school, being president of a club (or in one case, captain of an academic team) essentially means organizing ALL of the club's activities all by yourself, particularly if you founded the club. You want someone who doesn't do a d*** thing, go find the vice president. (especially in my vice's case, since I'm never absent)</p>
<p>^Hopefully you attached something in the additional info that shows what you DID in your clubs. That's really all that matters. </p>
<p>At the end of the day, being a founder has a lot more potential then just President because of the element of proactivity that it entails. So if two people did the exact same thing and one was the president and the other was the founder, the founder is much more impressive. This is based on what I've read, what I've gotten from counselors and college fairs, and a little bit of common sense.</p>
<p>It isn't common sense at all. Being a founder of a club requires NO effort and TIME...all you do is fill out an application or talk to a club advisor and boom, it's there! in 99% of the cases finding a club is *nothing.<a href="very%20rarely%20will%20a%20club%20like%20debate%20team%20or%20something%20actually%20take%20some%20time,%20but%20the%20act%20of%20Founding%20a%20club%20ALONE%20won't%20mean%20anything">/I</a></p>
<p>The President, though, from what I know, actually does something in the club, manages things, and gets involved.</p>
<p>Haha, yeah, the presidents of our clubs have to work HARD and be very dedicated, whereas I know quite a few "founders" who literally just filled out an application and let it fester on its own while claiming credit.</p>
<p>when my friend and i founded a club at our school it took weeks, hours of laying all of the foundation, and we had to go through several 'boards' to get it passed (most clubs DON'T pass). speak for your own schools. ;)</p>
<p>why not be both (co)founder and president?</p>
<p>i am co-founder & co-prez.
i will probably mark co-founder and prez on my apps tho. ;)</p>