By the time you are a junior or senior in high school (if not sooner), you should be working your way up into leadership positions. This could be done through school clubs, music groups, athletic teams, church groups, employment opportunities, or your own entrepreneurial ventures.
Regardless of the leadership avenue you choose to pursue, it's important that you not just get involved, but that you actually work to DO SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT to help make your club, group, or business more successful. Ideally, you want to help your club, group, or business accomplish something MEANINGFUL while you are a part of it. You might raise money for an important cause, help a community group in need, invent something, improve something, lead your team to the highest victory, grow your business significantly, or host some other special venture that will help fill a need that you see. The key is to do more than simply head useless meetings and/or take pride in a meaningless title.
Leadership, after all, is more than a title. It is a way of using your knowledge, skills, and influence to lead others to create positive change. While acquiring fancy titles might be enough to impress some schools, TOP colleges have grown more savvy when it comes to figuring out who is a "leader" in name only and who is a true leader actively working to achieve real results. If you have your sights set on going to a TOP school, you need to get busy! Be a true leader. Be proactive. Set goals. Make a plan. Inspire others. Solve a problem. Right a wrong. Make a true difference in your community or world.
True leaders don't do it for the title; they do it for the difference they can make. And that's what TOP colleges are looking for -- people who are going to make a true difference in this world. Be a leader. See what needs fixing and help change this world for the better.
All the best and much success,
Katy Huller
Author of 28 Ways to Stand Out, Get Noticed, and (Hopefully) Get Into Top Colleges
Regardless of the leadership avenue you choose to pursue, it's important that you not just get involved, but that you actually work to DO SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT to help make your club, group, or business more successful. Ideally, you want to help your club, group, or business accomplish something MEANINGFUL while you are a part of it. You might raise money for an important cause, help a community group in need, invent something, improve something, lead your team to the highest victory, grow your business significantly, or host some other special venture that will help fill a need that you see. The key is to do more than simply head useless meetings and/or take pride in a meaningless title.
Leadership, after all, is more than a title. It is a way of using your knowledge, skills, and influence to lead others to create positive change. While acquiring fancy titles might be enough to impress some schools, TOP colleges have grown more savvy when it comes to figuring out who is a "leader" in name only and who is a true leader actively working to achieve real results. If you have your sights set on going to a TOP school, you need to get busy! Be a true leader. Be proactive. Set goals. Make a plan. Inspire others. Solve a problem. Right a wrong. Make a true difference in your community or world.
True leaders don't do it for the title; they do it for the difference they can make. And that's what TOP colleges are looking for -- people who are going to make a true difference in this world. Be a leader. See what needs fixing and help change this world for the better.
All the best and much success,
Katy Huller
Author of 28 Ways to Stand Out, Get Noticed, and (Hopefully) Get Into Top Colleges
 | 28 Ways to Stand Out, Get Noticed, and (Hopefully) Get Into Top Colleges will help give middle school and early high school students an insight into what they need to do to increase their odds of getting into a TOP college. Filled with quick facts, helpful tips, and tons of actionable ideas, this book is a "must have" for any high-achieving student interested in finding a way to stand out from the thousands of other extremely bright students vying for his or her acceptance letter and/or scholarship award. |
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