“Discuss how your interest in the subject developed and describe any experience you have had in the field — such as volunteer work, internships and employment, participation in student organizations and activities — and what you have gained from your involvement.”
I volunteered at a crisis center, which is relevant to my major, but only for 2 months until I had to quit due to a personal emergency. Then school became really busy and I couldn’t find volunteer work since. I was starting to write about it in my personal statement, but kind of feel weird about talking about it since I didn’t do it for very long but I learned a lot from what I did learn in the short amount of time I spent with them, and I couldn’t list it in the volunteer section of my UC application.
Before that, for 2 years during and after high school, I volunteered at a non-profit that supplied business attire for low-income and homeless women to wear during job interviews to look professional and land a job. I did administrative duties and greeted clients. But that volunteer work was 13 years ago and I did put it on my UC application.
Should I talk about the volunteer work I did 13 years ago in my personal statement because I did it for the longest amount of time and it is on my application, or the most recent volunteer work I did even though it was only for 2 months and it’s not on my UC application?