<p>With a little under a month to go before the first year of my undergraduate studies, I have been looking into the various student clubs/groups/organizations at my university. There are absolutely TONS. Of the list of 400+ student clubs on campus, I have chosen 28 that I am interested in. I know, that's insane -- and I'm not going to attempt such an impossible feat (I think). But, I do want to get involved on campus as much as is possible with my schedule.</p>
<p>To those who have experience with this, approx. how many active club memberships should I keep it under? I just don't want to bite off more than I can chew.</p>
<p>When you get to your school they'll probably have something set up where you can check out the different organizations. Check and see when they have meetings and such - a lot of them will probably conflict with each other which should help you narrow down your choices.</p>
<p>I was an active member in 4-5 clubs or so during college and that amount was fine for me - however I know people who had trouble with being a member of just one.. so it just depends which ones you are interested in.. Good luck.</p>
<p>400+ is a good figure. Many colleges only keep track of clubs, not really if they are fully active. I belonged to a club that met every week and one club that I went to twice a semester. </p>
<p>Remember, you maybe attending a club meeting, where the members have been there for several semesters. Sometimes it feels like, "who invited you?"</p>
<p>Five isn't bad, as long as it isn't every week.</p>
<p>I always tried to become some sort of "club officer", much more fun that way and a much better way of meeting people.</p>
<p>Don't forget, you usually can create your own club, but I would only do this if you attend a large school.</p>
<p>I had habitat for humanity meetings every monday at 930, collegiate challenge meetings every monday at 10, college democrat meetings most wednesdays at 9, aec meetings fridays at 7 at another school.. it's a great way to meet people.</p>
<p>I occasionally went to anime club and math club but wasn't a regular member.</p>
<p>It's going to depend on what the clubs do and how involved you are in them. I was involved in many clubs, but the time commitment for all them was different.</p>
<p>As an exec for the College of A&S student advisory board, it was an hour every week (every other week for non-execs).</p>
<p>As president of Greek Ambassadors is was about an hour every other week. But I also had duties during HS senior visit days</p>
<p>A&S ambassadors never had meetings, but HS senior visit days were sometimes all day affairs (combined with my Greek ambassador duties).</p>
<p>A&S Curriculum Committee met once a month. </p>
<p>Omicron Delta Kappa, met every other week.</p>
<p>Sometimes the meeting schedules changed, like with Order of Omega, before Greek Week, the org and various committees were meeting every other DAY. And during Greek Week, we all had to be at every event, unless we had class or work.</p>
<p>I also had membership is several other organizations that I never ever went to. </p>
<p>So it really varies. I think that you should find the organizations that really interest you and get really involved. That's going to look better on a resume, to be an exec for 3 clubs rather than just a dues paying commoner in 10.</p>
<p>I'll probably be in Engineering club and the college version of Society of Petroleum Engineers. I also think that the national merit office has cookouts once a month or so too, so that will be nice.</p>
<p>To be honest, I'd rather devote my time to studying and playing guitar etc., and meet people that way than in a club setting. That's just me though.</p>
<p>if you are going to be in a club, please be an active and participating member. I am the new president of a club at my school. It has only been up for 2 years and the past 2 presidents sucked and attendance is a problem. People put themselves on the roster, but then never show up. its very frustrating and rude.</p>
<p>that's why you have to have meetings offering free food. people always show up for the food, and then you keep them with the actual club content.</p>
<p>MSF: it really isn't so bad, if you are an extroverted overachiever.
It really depends, some clubs are all business, some are all fun and some are a combination of the 2.</p>
<p>Just imagine you enter the room and all the people know each other and you don't know a single soul. If you are shy, then drag your friend or roomate with you.</p>
<p>I'll never forget I went to a club meeting, half-way through the semester. My friend was supposed to be there, but he never showed up. So I had to find the group. Well, they met at one of the on-campus cafe/lounges. So I ended up going around the room asking people if they were the "club". Mind you there were like 50 people there and about 20 tables.</p>
<p>Attendance is a nationwide problem. I belonged to the college democrats and we had like 50+ people on the roster, but only like 10 regulars at the weekly meetings.</p>
<p>The worst is when you serve the food, when you start the meeting all the people dash for the exits. You can't wait till the end of the meeting, because the pizza gets really cold and the grease solidifies.</p>
<p>I am not in college yet - - - but I know about biting of more than I can chew lol. Not a good idea. This last year (my junior year), I was class president, on the prom committee, part of the SADD, a member of the health committee, a peer mediator, a student ambassador, and I completed a season of basketball and softball... biting off more than you can chew ends up leaving you no free time to just... CHILL.
So make sure you pick a good amount of clubs, but DEFINATELY leave time to chill out... it's healthy to just chill out sometimes. Have fun. :)</p>
<p>yeah, we had hundreds of people come and sign up for habitat however only about 50 showed up for our meetings.. which is actually a nice sized number and we all had a great time together.</p>
<p>amilucky--I wouldn't go so far as to say that clubs are useless. Who knows, the dorky president of Astronomers club might one day be the HR director of the company where you're applying for a job...</p>