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After seeing the 2019 class profile infographic that says 100% of class had leadership experience (66% with 5+ leadership experiences) I kind of feel like I should just assume I got an R right now. I don't have any leadership experience, or any pubs/long term research experience for that matter.
Feels bad man, UofM was my top choice. I hadn't realized they had such a focus on leadership experience and was assuming I would be a good fit.
@Gilakend was 2019 an unusual year? Or is it really just nearly impossible to get in without leadership experience?
I agree with @xkcd6330 I think "leadership" is loosely defined. I have no insight for you in terms of hard statistics, however, I find it hard to believe that 66% of people listed 5/15 activities as "leadership". I only had 1 defined leadership role (exec role in a club).
They usually focus on leadership from what I can tell (hint: "The leaders and best"), so I'm assuming they counted any role where someone was in charge of something remarkable (i.e. a research project or something similar) as leadership.