Once you are out of HS, student government will mean nothing to you. Mathematics will help you forever.

If any of the above gives you pause or you have interests in the humanities, student government could be good experience. It’s not like you get to make many real decisions, but having responsibility without authority is common in the “real world” so welcome to it.

And, quit whining about the teacher not letting you do things off-schedule. Schools set schedules because they don’t expect people to do two particular things at the same time. My sons, 5 year apart, never could take AP calculus because it was only offered once a day, opposite the performing choir. Band students were assumed to include honors students, but not the choir. That’s just life.

Unless you are in desperate need of beefing up your resume with social activities – and this does count if you are a close call at universities (my wife worked in admissions at a big university for a year) you may want to go with student gov’t if you would have a leadership position. If this is just to join SGA as a regular member, I would skip it though.

If you are chasing a hottie though – always go that route.