Competitive clubs

[Anonymous]

DS is a freshman at a T15 (not HYP). He's been applying for business clubs and getting rejected again and again, sometimes after multiple rounds of interviews. He's fairly cheerful about it but this seems so awful to me. How did this happen to college?

[Anonymous]

It's like this everywhere. The competition never ends even after you get in.

[Anonymous]

Yep. My child has had no luck either. Business clubs are impossible at top25 schools.

[Anonymous]

There are now people that coach students on the application process (similar to college applications).

[Anonymous]

Not just business clubs. Pre-med clubs, pre-law clubs, campus publications, Model UN, etc. I told my kid they can always attend events hosted by those clubs (usually open to all) and to be open-minded to others ways to be involved.

[Anonymous]

There are already many threads on this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are now people that coach students on the application process (similar to college applications).

That is beyond depressing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are now people that coach students on the application process (similar to college applications).

That is beyond depressing.

I know a student who had a professional coach coach them and help prep their deck for their consulting club interview.

[Anonymous]

Please translate. Who runs clubs. Why can’t kids get in?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please translate. Who runs clubs. Why can’t kids get in?

Kids run the clubs. Upperclassmen pick the new members. My kid is at UVA and finance/consulting cubs are ridiculous. Most had a 2-3% admission rate this fall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please translate. Who runs clubs. Why can’t kids get in?

Kids run the clubs. Upperclassmen pick the new members. My kid is at UVA and finance/consulting cubs are ridiculous. Most had a 2-3% admission rate this fall.

Top schools have cutthroat students who are crowding out the competition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are already many threads on this.

THIS.
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1309315.page
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1301273.page#31137764

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please translate. Who runs clubs. Why can’t kids get in?

Kids run the clubs. Upperclassmen pick the new members. My kid is at UVA and finance/consulting cubs are ridiculous. Most had a 2-3% admission rate this fall.

So start their own. UVA has 800 student-run clubs and organizations and is always offering money for students who want to start their own . https://studentaffairs.virginia.edu/topic/activities-organizations. Plus your kid is now auto. President of a UVA finance club. Win-win

[Anonymous]

DD was at an Ivy with competitive clubs with interviews and applications. DS was at a mid-level school where showing up at the right day/time pretty much did meant you were in. Which was better??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please translate. Who runs clubs. Why can’t kids get in?

Kids run the clubs. Upperclassmen pick the new members. My kid is at UVA and finance/consulting cubs are ridiculous. Most had a 2-3% admission rate this fall.

So start their own. UVA has 800 student-run clubs and organizations and is always offering money for students who want to start their own . https://studentaffairs.virginia.edu/topic/activities-organizations. Plus your kid is now auto. President of a UVA finance club. Win-win

That’s like saying just go to GMU. The whole point of UVA, the whole reason it’s better than GMU, is that it rejects most people who apply. Students understand that, so naturally their clubs work on the same principle.