Well, that is my question. A class officer is a serious obligation. S/he must serve at least two hours each week for the school and the community. I have seen the class officers, and they seem they are out of their minds. Yet, I want to be a class officer. How will Princeton (my dream school) perceive this? This week or next week, I will get a letter that says whether or not I am in National Honor Society. I know it seems nothing to you, but it is a honor at my school because a member must tutor someone for three hours each week and serve 2 hours each week (I think). So, will a class officer and National Honor Society good positions for leadership?
<p>To be honest, unfortunately neither being a class officer or a member of NHS is unusual at Princeton. Being an office shows your leadership potential, which is certainly a good thing. But it is not a hook or anything Princeton doesn't see in many, many applications.</p>
<p>its good leadership but the bottom line for top schools are grades and sat scores, you wont get a second look unless you have these requirements first</p>
<p>not to be cruel but applicants who have nothing but NHS and a school-related officer position are nothing short of scoffed at by schools like HYP who are annually inudanted with applications from teen business owners, prodigies, and generally amazing people.</p>
<p>Actually, believe it or not, for the top schools EC's/Character/Recs/Essays are much more important than SAT's. In a typical applicant pool for a school such as Princeton, a high percent of them are academically able to handle the work load and succeed. So why does Princeton have a <10% RD admit rate? Even with the high number of SAT and class rank monkeys, they look for applicants who will make their school stand out, bring diversity, or have some special talent or hook. You can't find those in grades and SAT's.</p>
<p>So, I shouldn't run for the position of class officer? The election starts in two weeks. I don't want to waste my time</p>
<p>Well, if you want to run for class officer just so you can put it on your applicantion, then don't bother. Our class valedictorian ran for president of NHS just so he could put it on his app, but he's done pretty much nothing.</p>
<p>Class officer requires lots of initiative and leadership qualities. Not everyone can step out and actively run campaigns and carry out the role of being in charge of the whole class. Don't think class officer is equivalent to being in NHS. If you think that becoming a class officer represents your qualities to the colleges, go for it. However, like asdf has said, if it is simply for the app. don't bother (unless you're an e.c. serial killer).</p>
<p>I'm considering to run for the class officer as well but my main intention is to impress the adcoms and differentiate myself from the crowd. But having a class officer in my app. looks very awkward and doesn't fit my description at all. I just decided to do what I enjoy and reject this. I'm not trying to encourage you to quite. If you think you can be effective as a class officer, do it! and no. it wouldn't boost your chances, but I do believe only a minority of applicants will have that on their app. and thus it will reflect your leadership potentials if you have it.</p>
<p>Start a new, interesting club or initiative that you are truly committed to (community service, political, cultural, academic, etc.) and take a high-level leadership role. That might stand out to an adcom.</p>