What leadership position to go for?

[JakeSill]

Election time for school organizations. Not sure which one to go for. President and Vice President are up for grab but not sure I can get it since I haven't been in the org for that long. Here are the positions

• Treasurer
• Secretary
• Public Relations Director
• Community Relations Director
• Event Coordinator
• Student Advisor

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[NotaCop]

Do community relations, and then use your power to rule the community with an iron fist.

Or an alternative plan would be to organize events on campus that benefit the unique public health needs in the community and raise money for local health-oriented causes.

Both would look good on AMCAS I feel like.

 

[mednerd1234]

I agree, community relations sounds good. Although I would consider meeting with the outgoing people in a few positions to see which position sounds the most appealing to you.

 

[JakeSill]

Or an alternative plan would be to organize events on campus that benefit the unique public health needs in the community and raise money for local health-oriented causes.

Both would look good on AMCAS I feel like.

Thanks for your reply. For the second part, you are talking about event coordinator right?

 

[JakeSill]

I agree, community relations sounds good. Although I would consider meeting with the outgoing people in a few positions to see which position sounds the most appealing to you.

Ok will do

 

[rednote]

I've been a event coordinator, VP, and President of a club and I would say event coordinator. I don't know what organization you are involved in but its usually president/treasurer/event coordinator/secretary with clear roles that take care of business and everyone else just helps out extra stuff.

To put it in another way, if you want to be eventually president, you gotta get **** done and it would be beneficial to have experience as event coordinator, treasurer, or secretary. You'll know the organization inside and out.

 

[eteshoe]

With one of the groups I was very passionate about I took up the treasurer freshman/sophomore yr, VP during my soph/junior yr, and prez during my senior yr. In another I took up academic excellence chair followed by a events chair sort of position. Find your pace - no need to dive too deep in the beginning

 

[captain.howdy]

If I were you, I would choose either event coordinator or student advisor. My main reasons are that these positions will most likely lead to meaningful experiences that you can talk about through your application and/or interview- while being less stressful and time consuming than the others.

*Disclaimer: I was the treasurer for a premed club my junior and senior year, who also organized fundraising. I had some insightful experiences, but it was pretty frustrating at times...