being a prefect means nothing right?

as my school continues to strive to be at the forefront of 21st century schooling, they have decided to do away with the traditional method of electing prefects based on the character of the applicant and their reputation among the student body, and instead have decided to allow anyone who applies to become one. all one has to do is fill in a form with what breaktimes they would be willing to help out on.

so, there is zero prestige associated with the job, and all the idiots will be flocking to the job because they think it will look good on the fabled UCAS personal statement. The school doesnt need my help, and i have far better things to do with my time.

so i'm just checking, despite what the school may say, being a prefect isn't particularly going to make universities more likely to accept you, is it?

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Reply 1

Cirsium

Nope to be honest the unis won't care a jot as this is the case at so many schools these days

Reply 2

Juno

No. It's more about what you can write about being a prefect, like the skills you learn. But you can do lots of other things that will give you similar skills.

Reply 3

burned_out_58

It's really about the skills as said before that you can write about being a prefect...still they don't get as much recognition as being Head Boy/Girl would. :redface:

Reply 4

FaTcUtEcHeKiEz

so a person who is headgirl/boy will be highly recognised by universities/colleges

Reply 5

burned_out_58

FaTcUtEcHeKiEz

so a person who is headgirl/boy will be highly recognised by universities/colleges

I guess so, I mean at my school head girl has a hell of a lot of duties to the school and it shows when she has to organise events and whatnot. Plus its a good thing to write about on your ucas statement about all the skills you gain, it shows good leadership skills for instance.

Reply 6

lazydays

Everyone at my school has to do prefecting and break duty, it sucks! :frown:

Reply 7

mtbab

We have School Captain, two vice captains, then 20 senior prefects ( all of those get a spec tie and the captain gets an even specialer tie lol) and then the rest of y13 are spilt into groups with one of the senior prefects as their group leader as prefects. the election for them is half counted by votes within the yr and then the form tutors make votes and then the assistant heads,deputy head have a bigger say then the head of sixth form and headmaster has final say over the top 3 places and senior prefs, he can overule totally but in prev yrs its worked out really well. its a pretty accurate ship we run at our school. ohh and house captains have got to be senior prefects before they can be considered to be house captain you cant be house captain if you are not a senior prefect

Reply 8

Elysium

It means nothing really. The only time I can really see it coming into play is if you are on the borderline of being given an offer at a university. However, as long as you have decent predicted grades, this won't happen. Not that I endorse lying on your personal statement but if you really wanted to swing it your way you could put you have some equivalent duty at your workplace without actually having it. If you work for a faceless corporation then they're unlikely to find out. Of course if they do, you could very well be screwed.

Reply 9

Helen_w

It didn't mean much at my school :rolleyes:

There were loads of us and none of lower school actually listened to us anyway! :rolleyes:

Reply 10

splatblob

At my old school anyway, teachers used the "it'll look good on your UCAS form" ploy for all sorts of things. I wasn't a prefect and I'm at university now and I can assure you they really don't care. That said, if you decided to apply to an American University I believe that they place more emphasis on such things.

Reply 11

mtbab

our school do the same, everything that come up "lads u really should do this it'll look good on your ucas" lol hear it everyday now lol

Reply 12

iceman_jondoe

had to go thorugh a long selection process at my school first we were voted on by teachers and pupils alike had to get at least 5 votes from techers and 5 from fellow pupils to be considered. then had to write a letter of application and then finally got interviewed......LONG

Reply 13

Scienceboi

i don't think universities take headboy/headgirl that seriously, as many applicants will have wanted to be a headboy or girl at their college and take the responsibility, but as theres only 1 at each college few will have got the opportunity. its much more important what you get in your A levels, thats what really proves what you can and can't do.

Reply 14

JonnyB

Correct you are, it means nothing.

Reply 15

prXXX344d

I wanted to be a prefect. :frown:

Reply 16

aiman

It depends I suppose on where you want to study. In the UK, I have that most universities don't care whether you were a prefect. American universities on the other hand focus more intently on extracirriculars and being a prefect would place you at an advantage.

Reply 17

dream

ahhh-wtf.
I was a prefect and it was HARD WORK. well at least in MY school =(.

ok, this officially sucks. I though prefect was a BIG thing in ur like, letter thingy. Especially if you were picked outta 50 students. what a bummer.

Reply 18

jade_prinzess

At my school there are around 30 prefect for a student pop of 500 including primary which is located somewhere else. (it's pathetic)
I was overlooked. Two months after all the prefects were inducted i got a chance to become a prefect... with excuz i had been overlooked
I said no way :smile:

Reply 19

Poica

Ha ha, at my sixth form, they decided to make everyone something - I was made "arts co-ordinator" - an absolutely meaningless title, I just made up that I was active and organised stuff for my application form. If you can talk up anything you do, prefect really means very little.

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