How will volunteering help me?

EllieR0
Mon, 07 Jul 2014 07:09:51 +0000

Hello everyone, I have a question and I’d love some great, helpful answers. I am about to be in my third year of undergrad as a poly-sci major. I intend on going to law school and hopefully go under civil rights or corporate law (long story, tough decision). I took the lsat and scored a 172 and I’m most likely not going to retake it. I have a pretty solid GPA thus far, I’m sitting at a 3.74 as of now and hopefully I can maintain it. I plan on graduating a year early from UG, making my third year my last year.

Now, the real question, I have always wanted to volunteer in economically drained countries…Congo being on the top of my list. I’ve wanted to fly out there and just do anything I can to help ever since I was in high school. I have been in contact with an organization and I can be used as an English instructor during the end of this year, for the small schools that are scattered around the location we are headed to. I know I’m thinking way ahead, but if I go through with this organization, (which I most likely am) does that look good for me while applying as a law student? Will it give me a boost in any way?

Thank you so much in advance