<p>Just how important is student government in terms of college admissions? Is participation in a not very active government good at all? What other types of things can be considered as leadership?</p>
<p>sucks because im in student gvt and it takes up more time than any of my AP classes (probably more than all combined)</p>
<p>also wondering same question op has</p>
<p>Trust me on this one:
Unless you're president of the student body at Exeter, Andover, etc, being president/a part of the student gov't is overrated. I would give it as much weight as any other activity.</p>
<p>Then what activities are needed to fill the app under leadership?</p>
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<p>It's not a matter of what activities you do. It's what you do in the activities you pick.</p>
<p>If you are an active officer in a club that you care about - and by "active", I mean that you can point to something you did in your capacity as an officer that made the club better/more functional - that shows leadership. It can be chess club, anime club, Spanish club, whatever it is that you do. If you are the captain of a competitive team (e.g. sports, quiz bowl), that shows leadership. If you are something like an Eagle Scout, where you have to run a major project in order to achieve the rank, that shows leadership. If you have a role where you supervise other people (e.g. camp counselor, supervisor in a factory assembly line), if you are active in politics, if you founded a club to serve a need that wasn't previously served, those all show leadership.</p>
<p>Also, while I'm sure there are schools where this is not true, most grade school student governments are pretty worthless. If you can point to instances where you were actually a leader (e.g. you fixed a problem or convinced the school to adopt a policy), and not just someone with a title, student government can show leadership too.</p>