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Future968

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I am currently a freshman in hs and have a good academic record but can’t find any leadership opportunities. I’m thinking about joining CAP but am unsure.
GPA (Unweighted) 4.0
GPA (Weighted) 4.3
Play varsity and travel ice hockey
Am in no clubs
Take all honors classes and one AP
3 hours of community service
School is easy for me but I need to get in leadership roles any suggestions.
 
Here are a bunch of suggestions, in no particular order.

Find another school sport to play, if you can. I would recommend cross country or swim due to how applicable they are in the real world but I'm pretty biased ;). It will diversify your sports options, and give you another opportunity to make captain. If you attend a youth group, see about volunteering with the middle schoolers. Volunteering/Working at summer camps is also a great window into leadership opportunities, as is starting/joining school clubs and student government. Civil Air Patrol is also great, I would recommend sitting in on a couple of meetings if you can (if it's still the same as when I joined you have to attend 3 meetings before you can sign up). Lots of options are available, good luck!
 
An easy way start to building your resume is join a couple of clubs. My son joined a couple of interest clubs and a lot of honor societies - depending on the involvement of the clubs they can fill several buckets- honors, activities, leadership opportunities, volunteer hours (think tutoring or service projects). My son played hockey too, the travel teams he was on didn't assign captains and the HS hockey team only had senior captains. When the team combined with another school his senior year the coach didn't know him and chose players from his school. Son was an Eagle Scout so he had that and was also a club president. Try to set yourself up for several opportunities in case one doesn't pan out.
 
moho said:
I avoided NHS at my school because it was a resume fluffer with zero responsibility other than a meeting once a month at lunch. My experience with it however is limited only to my school
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NHS is more of an honor than a society at most schools lol, I would recommend everyone join it regardless of how prestigious their NHS chapter is :rockon:
 
I had basically no leadership going into my Junior year. I joined CAP to fill that rather glaring gap and committed myself to promoting as rapidly as possible (every 2 months on the dot) and managed to get some decent leadership experience in just the one year before I submitted my application. For the time commitment, CAP can be a great option but it largely depends on your squadron options. In my case it was a pretty small squadron looking to grow and in need of some strong leadership. I was new to CAP, but older and generally more mature, so I ended up pretty much running things once I got through the basics and into the SNCO ranks (there was another cadet the same age as me but we were both pretty busy so we shared a lot of duties)

You'd either want a squadron like mine with room for growth but lots of young cadets still needing leadership (two of the twelve year olds that joined around the same time I did ended up at USAFA 4 years later!) or a large squadron where you can find leadership in a number of different capacities.
 
Future968 said:
I am currently a freshman in hs and have a good academic record but can’t find any leadership opportunities. I’m thinking about joining CAP but am unsure.
GPA (Unweighted) 4.0
GPA (Weighted) 4.3
Play varsity and travel ice hockey
Am in no clubs
Take all honors classes and one AP
3 hours of community service
School is easy for me but I need to get in leadership roles any suggestions.
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Consider joining clubs when you can and rise to club officer. If none suit your interests, make one (I created the debate club at my HS). Honor societies will also come in handy, buff up resume and get more service hours whilst doing it. Becoming an Eagle Scout in 4 years is tough but doable (if you aren't in scouts), but that isn't a necessity. Apply for Boys'/Girls' State your junior year too.
 
Frigga said:
An easy way start to building your resume is join a couple of clubs. My son joined a couple of interest clubs and a lot of honor societies - depending on the involvement of the clubs they can fill several buckets- honors, activities, leadership opportunities, volunteer hours (think tutoring or service projects). My son played hockey too, the travel teams he was on didn't assign captains and the HS hockey team only had senior captains. When the team combined with another school his senior year the coach didn't know him and chose players from his school. Son was an Eagle Scout so he had that and was also a club president. Try to set yourself up for several opportunities in case one doesn't pan out.
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I was the captain on my travel team and next year am looking into a couple clubs the only problem with that is that you can only be in 2 clubs at one time at my school which is dumb
 
tall_man22 said:
Consider joining clubs when you can and rise to club officer. If none suit your interests, make one (I created the debate club at my HS). Honor societies will also come in handy, buff up resume and get more service hours whilst doing it. Becoming an Eagle Scout in 4 years is tough but doable (if you aren't in scouts), but that isn't a necessity. Apply for Boys'/Girls' State your junior year too.
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This coming year I’m going to join NHS and another club at my school you can only be in 2 clubs at one time so I think I’m going to do NHS and student government
 
Future968 said:
This coming year I’m going to join NHS and another club at my school you can only be in 2 clubs at one time so I think I’m going to do NHS and student government
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Two good things to be a part of. When you can, I would run for office in NHS as well (if your chapter has that).
 
I would recommend student council. I got involved with student council while looking for more leadership roles at my school and ended up really enjoying the whole experience. I know that it is daunting to get up there in front of the school or your class and say a speech but its a rewarding experience that will be respected by your peers even if you do not win. That is my advice on top of all the other great suggestions.
 
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