<p>My son who as a boy scout has been volunteering since early years got involved and volunteered for a well respected NGO. As part of his work he worked in a team, which did research and formulated new policy for betterment of the environment. This work is being published and NGO gives him credit for research and mention his name as a research contributor. However, this kid is still in high school. Should he mention this work in his resume?</p>
<p>Yes, indeed! Keep a copy of the report, especially the page where your S’s name is mentioned; it can be included as supplemental materials in applications. Congrats to your S!</p>
<p>Definitely mention it! What’s an NGO ? something something organization… ok, I give up, tell me! :)</p>
<p>Non Governmental Organization? (Google knows everything!) otherwise it would be a non-googleable organization</p>
<p>LOL! Yes, indeed, it’s a non-governmental organization. It can be an advocacy group such as Planned Parenthood, Amnesty International, the Sierra Club, etc…, a foundation, such as Ford, or a host of other organizations that are, as the name suggests, not part of the government.</p>
<p>Yeah, you will need that research somewhere.</p>
<p>chinaman, absolutely, your son should include this experience in his resume. If scouting is a major interest (especially if he’s achieved Eagle rank) I would suggest that he put together a separate Boy Scout package explaining his interests, achievements and activities. My son wrote his “what activities interested me the most” essay about Boy Scouts and included a recommendation from a Scout leader (who was also a PhD and NGO director), a list of awards and a magazine article about a community service project he had spearheaded.</p>
<p>I think the teamwork, character building, mentoring skills associated with Scouts are positves much appreciated by AdComs and should be amplified. One caveat however, at more leftleaning schools, Scouts can unfortunately have a negative connotation.</p>