<p>okay so i was recently offered the position as the head person for the youth caucus in my town--which is fighting to rearrange its government. (we've had the same mayor for 20 years -_-)
um..however, when i told my school about setting up a club revolving around this caucus..i was denied to the controversial nature of the caucus' intents
(board of education members are appointed by the mayor)
idkk how do colleges view controversial leadership positions?</p>
<p>also i must note–whether it looks bad to colleges or not will not determine whether or not i take the position.
what i am really considered about is whether or not to use this position as a central theme in certain admission essays</p>
<p>I feel like anything overly controversial shouldn’t be used in essays, you never know what the person on the other end is thinking.</p>
<p>^yea thats the same thing i was thinking :/</p>
<p>^ Ditto, college admissions can swing any way and sometimes your decision could be dependent on the mood of your reader and their own biases. I wouldn’t risk it</p>
<p>Maybe the person on the other end thinks its a great idea? If it’s a reach school, it might be the way to go. </p>
<p>That doesn’t sound revolutionary enough to be too controversial for a college essay. Infact, this might be the “perfect” amount of controversy (though to be honest, I don’t fully understand what you’re talking about, so maybe I’m wrong there). I would think colleges want someone ballsy enough to be successful, but not so ballsy that they’re going to cause trouble.</p>
<p>^yeah, but you don’t know what the person reading your essay has done, where they’ve been, what jobs they’ve had, they could of had the job of the person she’s opposed to. It’s the same thing with writing about your views on a highly controversial topic, you don’t know how the person on the other end feels about it.</p>
<p>On the topic of controversial essays: I wrote an essay about being an atheist for the Princeton and Yale supplements. Rejected from both colleges. I had no chance in hell at either because of my GPA though.</p>
<p>“^yeah, but you don’t know what the person reading your essay has done, where they’ve been, what jobs they’ve had, they could of had the job of the person she’s opposed to. It’s the same thing with writing about your views on a highly controversial topic, you don’t know how the person on the other end feels about it.”</p>
<p>Which is why I said it would be good for a reach school, and didn’t say it would be good for a safety school.</p>
<p>yea i was thinking of applying to reach school-- princeton, harvard and the like</p>
<p>It sounds brilliant, and I would definitely write about it. Only for HYP etc., though, where most people have very little chance of acceptance. That’s where it will/might swing in your favor.</p>