Question regarding transcript and extracurriculars

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Hello, I’m sort of curious for your guy’s input on this matter because this is a pretty insightful place. I am part of my school’s Student Government as a committee representative, which is a leadership position. I should obviously list this as an extracurricular, right? Well, the thing is, my transcript says Student Government on it because it’s a school run activity that we devote study hall time towards. Should I still count it as an extracurricular considering this, or should I wrote something along the lines of “student council” when listing activities?

I posted this question in this sub because I’ve seen transcripts mentioned a couple of times. Thank you very much in advance.

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Yes, still list it in some way. I assume you spend some time outside the study hall time on it.

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If you devote time to it outside of school hours, then it can be considered an EC. If your only commitment to it is during school hours, then it’s a class, IMO. Additionally, particularly if the total time commitment is not extensive, I really don’t think it will make much of a difference one way or the other.