Leadership Development

High school offers students the opportunity to develop leadership skills, explore their interests, and learn how to design and execute project-based initiatives. In particular, selective colleges and universities expect that its applicants have demonstrated some leadership experience during their high school career. Seeking or creating leadership opportunities helps students differentiate themselves from their classmates as well as develop useful skills that will be beneficial in college as well as their professional lives.
Helping students pursue and engage in leadership roles helps them to grow beyond their comfort zone. Students tend to have more success in leadership roles when they are excited about what they are leading, whether it be a school club, volunteer initiative, or sports team. Students should seek leadership roles in activities that truly engage their interests, and not to pad their resumés. The quality of the leadership experience matters more to admission officers of selective institutions than the quantity.
The Ivy Edge helps students seek leadership opportunities within their schools and communities as well as provides guidance and advice to students as they learn how to lead. The Ivy Edge also helps students determine if selected leadership opportunities and extracurricular activities are consistent with the larger goal of developing a competitive application to a selective college or university.
Helping students pursue and engage in leadership roles helps them to grow beyond their comfort zone. Students tend to have more success in leadership roles when they are excited about what they are leading, whether it be a school club, volunteer initiative, or sports team. Students should seek leadership roles in activities that truly engage their interests, and not to pad their resumés. The quality of the leadership experience matters more to admission officers of selective institutions than the quantity.
The Ivy Edge helps students seek leadership opportunities within their schools and communities as well as provides guidance and advice to students as they learn how to lead. The Ivy Edge also helps students determine if selected leadership opportunities and extracurricular activities are consistent with the larger goal of developing a competitive application to a selective college or university.
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