<p>Does that look good on an application?</p>
<p>Only if the club/activity really accomplished something and wasn't just started to decorate your application.</p>
<p>If the only reason you want to start a club or activity is an attempt to look good to colleges, don't bother. They can see through that type of "leadership."</p>
<p>Also, don't do it if you are already a junior or a senior. It's like....see-through. hehe</p>
<p>^ don't listen to PrepKid. If you are truly passionate about that particular activity, then do it. However, it seems like you're just trying to impress the admissions committee, and personally, I don't think they'd buy it.</p>
<p>prepkid - whyy? man that sucks. i wanted to start one but it takes a while to process membership for the society since it has to go through all this stuff, and they get back to you around the summer. which means i have to start next year, junior year -__- should i even bother?</p>
<p>and how do they know whether or not it was really accomplished? is it just by the hours/week you put down on the app?</p>
<p>I hope you guys didn't misunderstand what I am seeing.</p>
<p>Let's pretend that you are the admissions officer at some college, and you have two applications in your hand.</p>
<p>One student has straight As, plays an instrument/does a sport, whatever, and started a club in his freshman year.</p>
<p>Another student has straight As, plays an instrument/does a sport, whatever, and started a club in his junior year.</p>
<p>Which one would you pick? You can absolutely tell that the latter did this at the last minute just to put it in the application form. Admissions officers will NOT get impressed by this.</p>
<p>Unless you really have an amazing idea and is willing to devote yourself to it, then I say go ahead. But if you know that your SATs and Physics test and Prom night will come before organizing a meeting for your club, I say forget it.</p>
<p>I know a girl who got into Yale for early action. She started a club for fighting cancer, ABSOLUTELY devoted herself to it. I don't think she had straight As or whatever, but she got in. Her club did a lot of work and grew, that's why.</p>
<p>dukiex3, I am saying this because you posted this asking if it'll look good on the application. If you said, "I really love rabbits and I want to start a rescue club for them", I would have said "bravo!"</p>
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<p>spiffystars, you know that the OP isn't "truly passionate about that particular activity".</p>
<p>Depends... Freshmen get crazy ideas while sugar high and build a club based on sand that won't last a year... (paintball club... didn't last 5 months).</p>
<p>A senior began a red cross club that promoted the school to donate more blood than any other school in the district. (They also sell nice pies for fundrasing.)</p>
<p>However, if they are equally unaccomplished, perhaps the freshman starting a club would look more appealing... but barely. If it were up to me, I'd reject or accept the both of them...</p>
<p>lol i really couldn't care less how it looks on my application, if it looks good sweet, if not oh well.</p>
<p>I wanna start a charity fund raising club.. I've got a lotta cool ideas and all.</p>
<p>If you don't care how it looks on your application, then why did you post the below?</p>
<p>"Starting a Club/Activity </p>
<p>Does that look good on an application"</p>
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<p>"Starting a Club/Activity </p>
<p>Does that look good on an application"
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<p>^yeahh...what she said..</p>
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<p>I never said he was. :] In fact, I even said that:
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<p>The bottom line is, colleges aren't impressed with starting a club unless you are truly devoted to it and it shows in the rest of your application.</p>
<p>I'm not a he.. </p>
<p>"If you don't care how it looks on your application, then why did you post the below?</p>
<p>"Starting a Club/Activity</p>
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<p>I did so just to know, I would have started it regardless.</p>
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<p>Right...</p>
<p>No offense, really, but there is no way anyone could get such idea from your original post.</p>
<p>I hate these threads where people ask if they should do something just so it'll look good on their college app.</p>
<p>and I hate when people post assumptions.. well more like suppositions</p>
<p>HEY, I didn't start one just for a college App! I started a political awareness club this year--because I am seriously interested in politics. I tried to start it last year, but I couldn't get enough interest raised. </p>
<p>And don't be such a jerk (extemporaneous) saying that you "hate people who ask" things on CC. What the heck is it here for if not for helping people with college and college prep?</p>
<p>Yes--I think that it does look good. So...maybe they will think it was for apps, maybe they won't. If they do, what could happen? They could dismiss it, but they won't penalize you. And there is the chance that they actually believe you, so do it if your interested!</p>
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<p>One student has straight As, plays an instrument/does a sport, whatever, and started a club in his freshman year.</p>
<p>Another student has straight As, plays an instrument/does a sport, whatever, and started a club in his junior year.</p>
<p>Which one would you pick? You can absolutely tell that the latter did this at the last minute just to put it in the application form. Admissions officers will NOT get impressed by this.
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<p>This is completely dependent on circumstances. I just got a club started this, my junior, year. I moved to my high school right after freshman year stared--without enough time to get the club moving and without knowing anyone to be an advisor. I tried again sophomore, but I couldn't get enough interest generated.</p>
<p>I'm not starting any club just to impress admissions officers; I've been wanting to start it for a few years now, but the times didn't work out. My club is part of a broader, national organization, and we're the first chapter from my state to * ever *go to the national conference (it's a nationally competitive club). And it looks like we'll be able to start a full-fledged state chapter next year.</p>
<p>I can see where you're coming from, but I'm sure the admissions officers examine motives a little more than just when a club got started. There are a lot of things that have to fall into place before you can start a successful club, and sometimes they're not in that place until junior or senior year.</p>