Job vs. Volunteer

azwang3
Tue, 11 Jul 2017 17:01:13 +0000

On college apps, are jobs and volunteer work weighted about the same?
This summer I’ve got the opportunity to either work at a lab or volunteer at a lab (both are BME and cancer research at the same level), and I was wondering if taking one would be more beneficial in the college application process? I would be doing the same thing at either lab, but one would count as volunteer work and the other job experience. Any thoughts on which is more valuable?