Leadership Activities

lone survivor

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I'm a junior in high school this year and was recently accepted to the SS. When filling out the application I did notice that my application was not as strong in the leadership category compared to the others. Could anyone tell me some activities you did to show leadership? Thanks
 
-Leo Club President
-Tutor
-Boys State
-National Honor Society
-Track and Field Co-Captain
 
Baseball and Football Captain
Student Boy Officer
Started community service project.

Thats it.

Its not about quantity. Its about quality. Find something you love to do and become a leader in it. Start something in your community. You don't need to be in 20 clubs to show you are a "leader."
 
I served as an officer in 4-H clubs, currently working on my Girl Scout Gold Award, I've organized many community service projects, captain of quiz bowl teams, ect.
 
Varsity Girls' Tennis Captain
JV Lacrosse Captain
Summer Camp Counselor
Model UN President
Book Club President/Co-Founder
National Honors Society

Try to get a summer job and get promoted
If you're interested in starting a club, go for it (at least at my school it wasn't too hard to do)
Push hard in sports/take leadership so you stand out to your coach but aren't disrespected by your team-mates
 
Baseball and Football Captain
Student Boy Officer
Started community service project.

Thats it.

Its not about quantity. Its about quality. Find something you love to do and become a leader in it. Start something in your community. You don't need to be in 20 clubs to show you are a "leader."

I totally agree with that. I cannot speak for all high school clubs, but many have this pattern of elections, inductions, and that's it. Some just have positions for people to load up on college apps.

If you were in 20 clubs, it does not make sense that you could actively serve in all of them (time travel hasn't been invented:rolleyes:).

my leadership:

Junior Assistant Scoutmaster (5 years of scouting leadership with different positions)
OA Chapter Chief
selected for Boy's State
pending Eagle Scout

Not many..
 
Ok thanks. Could you just briefly tell me what Boy's State is? I keep seeing that on a lot of applications.
 
Ok thanks. Could you just briefly tell me what Boy's State is? I keep seeing that on a lot of applications.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boys/Girls_State

The thing about boy/girl state, is "Normally" it's not something that you volunteer to do or go to. It's something that your school, teachers, counselors, principal, etc... select you for. However; some schools/states/American Legions do have differing requirements. The best thing is to talk to your guidance counselor and make your desires known.
 
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