<p>Lets say you co-founded a club and held a leadership position but the club died and was a failure after one year.
Can you still put it on your application?
Will colleges know it died?
WILL IT HURT MY CHANCES AT COLLEGES LIKE STANFORD?</p>
<p>If you’re a good spin doctor, you can make it into a unique factor that might help you get in… it all depends on your ability to communicate ideas.</p>
<p>@freezingbeast: can you elaborate?</p>
<p>Well, let me ask you this just to prod at your own creative mind: What did you learn from this experience, and how can you apply it in your future life?</p>
<p>Don’t mix business with pleasure.</p>
<p>Any input?</p>
<p>The exact same thing happened to me this year. I still put it on my college app. I also had a few activities that I had to stop doing. On my resume I just put a footnote saying “Forced to discontinue”. And IMO, it’s okay if it was a failure; you still had the initiative and leadership to found it in the first place, right?</p>
<p>if stanford rejects you, it won’t be for this.</p>
<p>It wouldn’t look horrible on your application. The exact same thing happened to me. Besides, think about it. Someone can start and run a club, but the club may have decided to vote someone else as president. There are a lot of responsibilities to handle as a president, but it’s harder to run one that’s new along with handling all the other extra curriculars.</p>
<p>Similar situation… didn’t “fail” but lets say that there aren’t many members left… basically just my friends. haha. but we still host stuff so my club is ok.</p>