"As student volunteering rises, admissions experts look for sincere involvement"

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<p>good article in the Grennwich Time, By Colin Gustafson
Staff Writer 12/4/08</p>

<p>[As</a> student volunteering rises, admissions experts look for sincere involvement - Greenwich Time](<a href=“http://www.greenwichtime.com/ci_11134563?source=most_viewed]As”>http://www.greenwichtime.com/ci_11134563?source=most_viewed)</p>

<p>excerpt (but not all)

Greenwich High School senior Melody Kim organizes school dances to raise money for impoverished children in Darfur. Her classmate, Isabelle Goossens, trains on weekends to become a certified emergency medical technician. </p>

<p>Other students volunteer at soup kitchens, hospitals and seniors centers, while still more set their sights farther afield, rebuilding homes in New Orleans, teaching English in India, or going on service-learning trips in Haiti, Colombia and France. </p>

<p>Students are often encouraged to document these experiences in college applications and admissions essays as a way to put their best foot forward and stand out from their peers. However, while pressure to participate in community service grows stronger for this very reason, high school guidance counselors and admissions experts still say students should only volunteer if it’s for the right reasons.

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