New Trend for applicants?

Applying to College
1

<p>I’ve noticed that alot of kids are taking on personal charity projects. Do you think that the purpose is for the college application? The exception is when it’s been a project in the works several years or repeat it annually</p>

<p>All this projects are great & help those in need. Awesome. However, here’s the cynic in me that sees it as short cutting the system. </p>

<p>They didn’t want to stay in Key Club, Student Government, Boy/Girl Scouts b/c it’s a lot of work over 4 to 12 years, or uncool. Working within a club system can be tedious, you may have to be voted by your peers to earn the position, go to meetings, do grunt work to get recognized. </p>

<p>It reminds me of the expensive summer mission trip to a third world country-- 1 shot deal, resume building.</p>

<p>****I am glad kids are doing these projects ****but I wonder if college admissions are skeptical.</p>

2

<p>Idk when I went to a Tufts information session someone asked if there was anything that you should not write about. The response was the summer mission trip to Nicaragua in a somewhat joking tone, so maybe.</p>

3

<p>If they’re organizing everything themselves, that’s dramatically different than a summer mission trip. And you could make the argument that student government is actually an easy way out. The system is already in place, all you have to do is play by the rules–no initiative or risk at all. Who’s gaming the system? The fact is that even if it is something that doesn’t take a lot of time, most people aren’t willing to do it. As someone who has organized several events I can tell you the hardest thing is to get people to go out and find sponsors or raise money–everyone is willing to bake cupcakes or buy tickets.</p>