Starting Clubs: Science Olympiad, Philosophy / Psychology Club, or Animal Rights?

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I’m interested in all three (so I’m not only doing it for college, though that’s a benefit), but I obviously can’t start all of them. For some context, I’m in my sophomore year. So which one do you think would be the most helpful as an EC?

Science Olympiad – Our school does not have a team. SOME of the events look pretty interesting to me, but not all. If I do this, our team would just be starting out and would be unlikely to achieve national recognition, though, and I’ve heard that it’s a pretty generic EC.

Philosophy and Psychology – These have always been topics that intrigue me. However, I’m not entirely sure what I would do in the meetings except maybe pick a topic to talk about (or print out an article of some sort for everyone). I’m not that great at leading conversations either, though I can try my best. It doesn’t lead to any national awards or recognition, but maybe it’s a more unique EC than the other two?

Animal Rights – More specifically, advocacy for farm animals. I can raise awareness and raise money to donate to charities (I’ve looked some up). I’m not vegan though because I believe it’s not a very effective way of dealing with the issue – many sources agree on this.

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Why are you starting a club?

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Partially because I’m interested in the topics I’ve listed, and partially because I want to be more involved in the community. (And also college.)

Edit: And now that I think about it, it’s also because the current clubs at my school aren’t really that interesting to me.

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Okay. Only because it isn’t the boost to college that most people think it will be. If you want something to help with college, read “How To Be A High School Superstar” by Cal Newport.

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Thanks for the recommendation, I’ll check it out.

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Philosophy and Psychology

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I would honestly pick one that you think others are interested in.

Science Olympiad has a structure. You could talk to a science teacher to try to get an adviser.
https://www.soinc.org/join/start-team
There are ideas on how to start a team. I think other students would be interested.

Philosophy and Psychology -What would you do? You don’t even want to lead it. Who would be interested?

Animal Rights: I think you could get some other student interested…but I bet they would want some hands on with animals too. Can you volunteer at the pet shelter? Have a pet food drive? Foster dogs? Raise money?

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I do want to lead it, I’m just aware that I’m not great at leading conversations since I’m a bit introverted. As I said, I’d probably discuss interesting articles (I read a lot of those for fun, as well as books on the subject).

Thanks for the advice