Starting new club...how important?

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How good does starting a new club (leadership organization) in college look on a premed resume? Would it be a strong plus or just so so?

 

[runrunrudolph1]

I would assume it would depend on how many people join the club and the types of activities they do. I think it would be pretty cool though, you would get leadership for it and at the least it would be something interesting to talk about in the interview

 

[LizzyM]

How good does starting a new club (leadership organization) in college look on a premed resume? Would it be a strong plus or just so so?

If the club fills a need, has a robust membership, and was developed such that it will survive the graduation of its founders then it might be considered a plus.

 

[URHere]

How good does starting a new club (leadership organization) in college look on a premed resume? Would it be a strong plus or just so so?

I think that depends on why you want to start the club. If it's something you are passionate about, and you think you can put up with all of the roadblocks and obstacles that come with founding a new club then by all means go for it. But just be aware that getting a new club started can be challenging. Some friends and I tried this our junior year, but the time commitment was just too high for how few of us there were...in the end, we all just ended up very frustrated. Could it have worked? Maybe, but it was just too big of a pain to see through to the end.

If you are just looking for a way to boost your resume, I would suggest just getting involved with a group that already exists. It's much less stressful, you can eventually work your way up to a leadership position if you want, and you'll probably get more out of it.

 

[brianmed]

You got to be kidding me. Really this is your question? Your motivation to start the club should be 100 percent from your passion and have nothing to do with your resume. The fact youd ask this question is offensive tot hose of u swho starts clubs and dont put it on our resumees

 

[Omni]

You got to be kidding me. Really this is your question? Your motivation to start the club should be 100 percent from your passion and have nothing to do with your resume. The fact youd ask this question is offensive tot hose of u swho starts clubs and dont put it on our resumees

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[NickNaylor]

You got to be kidding me. Really this is your question? Your motivation to start the club should be 100 percent from your passion and have nothing to do with your resume. The fact youd ask this question is offensive tot hose of u swho starts clubs and dont put it on our resumees

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OP, I'm sure that some, if not all, people you interview with or that see your application will be able to see through misplaced intent. This is not to say that I don't think you should do something like this. There's nothing wrong with putting something you spend time doing on your application, but if you want to do this just for the sake of a resume padder, I don't think you'll get the desired result.

 

[PreMedHopeful]

In the end, can't everyone start a club and let it continue for a few years until they graduate...its somewhat successful and gives a leadership impact and how will they know if it continued and how successful in terms of club members and such it was???

I'm thinking about making a club just because I want to make the club and also for leadership purposes...how does a community interaction among college students sound...interacting with local day cares and senior centers and basically teaching them about good health-healthy eating habits and such and engaging seniors in thinking....

good, bad, should I make it better?

I didn't want to just start it from an existing organization like Big Brothers or some other club from another school...I want to be somewhat unique and like designing a club...

 

[CoolWhipp]

You got to be kidding me. Really this is your question? Your motivation to start the club should be 100 percent from your passion and have nothing to do with your resume. The fact youd ask this question is offensive tot hose of u swho starts clubs and dont put it on our resumees

Very idealistic at best. A noble reply indeed, but how many students would actually hold leadership positions or start clubs if it didn't help them in some way on their CV/future. Is this bad? Not really. Also, I don't find this offensive.

If the club actually has a cause and functions for a respectable member base then it is a good leadership role, period. The goal with any good club is continuity, such that the organization will have an infrastructure that will allow it to function beyond its predecessors. Continuity is important for the cause, that is why it is important (like many of the above posters have mentioned) that the cause should actually mean something to you.

 

[jkurtz02]

I am going to echo what some of the others said, and this is coming from experience. If you want to start the club and were thinking about it before the resume then yes I would and it definitely looks good on the resume and is something to talk about in the interview. I am convinced my club is what got me into medical school. That being said it is a lot more difficult and time consuming than you think. If you are doing this to just put something on your resume without having to put a lot of effort forward think again. I guarantee you will have to sacrifice more than one thing in order to start this. And the way interviewers can figure out how many people joined and things of that nature is they ask you what events and activities the club runs and how it was funded started what you did where you got help and all of that stuff. It will take you almost as long to think up the lies as to actually do some of the stuff and I highly suggest not outright lying during the interview.

 

[SirGecko]

Very idealistic at best. A noble reply indeed, but how many students would actually hold leadership positions or start clubs if it didn't help them in some way on their CV/future. Is this bad? Not really. Also, I don't find this offensive.

There actually are plenty of people that would (and do) seek out leadership positions in activities that they care about regardless of how it looks on their resume. It's about doing something that you love. (so think about things that people in undergraduate actually put a lot of work into, the paper, choirs, competitive clubs like robotics teams, even some positions at fraternities and sororities) This doesn't mean that there aren't a lot of resume padding people out there taking up superficial leadership roles because they think it "looks good". (my undergraduate bad about this with everyone and his dog making claim to some dumb leadership position or another, there were clubs where the "officers" outnumbered the active members)

That said OP if you want to form a club go right ahead. Just make sure that you are not forming it purely to have something to put on your resume. People in the future will see through that when they read your resume and most importantly your fellow students will see through it. If that is your motivation you'll only get a few other people who want "leadership positions" as well and you'll get no actual leadership experience out of it.

 

[searun]

Just become a frat boy and be the social chairman of your frat. It will be alot more fun than being in some dumb club where nobody parties and equally impressive to med school admission committees.