How important is volunteering?

sunshower212
Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:18:42 +0000

Northstar: I think admission to HYPS type schools is really about “playing the game”. My cousin who is an alum of Dartmouth undergrad and Harvard law completely agrees. I know that a lot of people truly want to contribute to society, but I really don’t. Of course when I’m a scientist I’ll be giving back to the community, albeit in an indirect way. I just want to get in to a top college so that I can have a great experience, learn a lot, meet interesting, smart (for once) people, and get into a top grad school…
Sometimes I wish that I do care, but oh well. Thanks for confirming that it really is expected. I’ll be sure to do volunteer work no matter how little I enjoy it… sigh
Thankfully if I start tutoring I can put down that I did it last year as well because I helped a girl in my building with serious learning disabilities learn how to read and count… :)