I really had no choice but to list it on my app, because I was our delegate to the national convention, and didn't have any comparable experiences in my other ECs. I don't regret it, though, and I'd like to think that young people who stand up for their beliefs can be respected by anyone. That's all you gotta say really. But to follow up on mauberley, be active in the club; if you just add it to the list then it won't come across as well.
I was active in a similar, yet different, political organization.
I was active in a similar, yet different, political organization.
...and Im from IL...
Right, hence the importance of being as vague and ecumenical as possible. I didn't say that I went to Florida in 2004 to campaign for John Kerry, I said that I participated in a voter registration drive. Which is true! And I represented our club on the national level, which most people can respect as a pretty cool and adult kinda thing to do.
I didn't mention the fun things, like attacking the CRs in the school newspaper, because that's a little more personal. Ideally you want to come across as someone who could have ended up in either camp, an unthinking cog in the machine, because that's what adcoms love, for better or for worse...
Keep in mind, my peeps, that your name in a college newspaper is very easy to find thanks to google and if an adcom is curious (or bored) you might have more revealed about you than you'd bargained for. I also had student members of the adcom looking at applicants on Facebook this year.
