Unpaid internships

Northstarmom
Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:46:47 +0000

Being involved in a political campaign because politics is your passion is a great EC, far better than simply doing lots of hours of random community service that you don’t care about.

Colleges care far more about impact than they care about the hours.

Those menial things you’re doing as a teen volunteer are things that are teaching you a lot about politics, and if you stay involved and do a good job, you’ll get more responsibilities.

I’m an adult Ivy grad and over the past few years, I’ve done lots of menial things for politicians whom I support. That’s the nature of the game. Most of the things that volunteers do – door knocking, waving signs on street corners, making phone calls – are fairly easy to do, but also are very important. One also learns a lot about politics by doing such things.

Many major politicians got their start as teens doing the kind of things that you’re doing.