<p>Instead of the obvious (continuing ECs and leadership positions, taking challenging classes, keeping the GPA high), what else can I do in my senior year to improve my chance for admission? I'm thinking of starting a club because I'm not interested in any of the clubs except for one in my school.</p>
<p>The kind of colleges that care about ECs won’t be impressed w/your “i wanna start a club to pad my resume and increase my college chances” venture. That being said, the vast vast majority of colleges don’t look at ECs at all.</p>
<p>Start the club if you want to do it. Resume padding is wasting time.</p>
<p>Not much; apps are due by December, so few things you start in the end of Sept. is not going to make much of an impact as far as ECs go.</p>
<p>That said, you might want to take a look at [Study</a> Hacks](<a href=“http://calnewport.com/blog/]Study”>Study Hacks - Decoding Patterns of Success - Cal Newport) for a guy who has a lot of novel ideas about what impresses colleges and see if anything resonates with you.</p>
<p>Starting a club the year you apply won’t give you much time to show or rate your performance in it, or how much/what you’ve done with it. My school did not have a Science National Honor Society, so me and a friend started one up linked to the national organization, found a co-sponsor, etc. However, I started it up my Junior year, with preparation near the end of my Sophomore year, so I had time to make sure I could saturate the club with students and such. Had to apply, community service requirements, etc. so I’m sure it looked good.</p>
<p>However, if I were to just do that my Senior year, colleges wouldn’t really see much to it. How much can I really say when I have to describe my role in the club and what I’ve done so far? I just started it up, I have nothing.</p>