I haven’t found volunteering opportunities yet, and I’m pretty sure there aren’t much… But I’ll search deeper.
As for the university budget and scholarships, I’m working on it, although I’m sure it’s going to be complicated.
Yeah, I know you didn’t, but when I was doing researches and all, they said that volunteering in NGO is really appreciated by recruiters (and I wanted to anyway).
And you’re wrong, I don’t want the opportunity for simply taking it. I’ve tried but it’s quite limited, so…
Think of grass growing up through cracks in the cement.
Working with NGOs, volunteering- those are not readily available everywhere, and US colleges know that. It’s not a box that you have to tick. If that isn’t viable where you are, fine. You can still get into top US colleges.
What matters is what you do with the resources you do have. You have a certain number of hours in the day: how do you use them? When you do something, are you driven to be the best at it? What do you really, really care about? the people who are asking you ‘why’ US / ‘why’ Ivy know that to achieve that big a goal takes a huge amount of ability and drive- and for most people it takes a really serious desire to keep that level up.
You say you are lazy- that is not a temperament that will help you stand out to admissions committees. They get to pick from super smart, super motivated students from all over the world.
There was a guy in Iraq who literally could not physically leave his apartment for 2 years- but he self-educated in that time like nobody’s business. Your circumstances are unlikely to be harder.
@Tigerle @1ofeach
I never said that I wanted to a top US school because I am a US citizen, that’s a completely stupid thought.
I am a hard worker when I want to, and given that in college you choose your subjects, by picking the one I want I’ll be a hundred percent motivated.
Where I am, things are complicated and people aren’t open minded, but I still said I was counting on finding my way out, no matter the means, and I’m working on something.
Well, I was told that by going to a Science Po university in France for my first year, I would be able to show my capacity since it’s my domain (along with linguistics and some economic sciences).
And I’m aware these two systems are completely different, but it can also be an advantage: having a different way to see things, bring something new.
I’m counting on going to an Ivy college BECAUSE they’re the best and I can stand out in my professionnal life that way. I know it’s very competitive and I know I’ve got the capacities to get in. I’ve still got two years to go and the Bac (graduation tests i’ll say) will allow to show my potential (i’ve already did with the Brevet).