<p>So I live in Georgia, and I’m applying for volunteer positions at two hospitals–one is at a no-name hospital, the other is at a branch location of Emory’s medical center. If I get accepted into the Emory hospital, will it be viewed as more prestigious than the no name one? Keep in mind that it’s not the main hospital.</p>
<p>I don’t think it matters - its the principle behind it that seems to have the weight which is that you’re volunteering at a hospital, period. I volunteered at a no-name rape shelter in Morocco when I could’ve very well volunteered at a larger scale women’s shelter in Boston. The idea is that you’re volunteering and that’s what matters.</p>
<p>I don’t know about extra weight, but I would think Emory sounds better, depending on the “no-name” hospital’s reputation</p>
<p>bump for more opinions?</p>
<p>I feel like you shouldn’t pick which hospital to volunteer at based on how it will look on college applications. I don’t think it would matter; at least, it wouldn’t to me if I were on the admissions committee. If you have the option of either, do the one that seems most interesting to you and where you think you can do the most good. Don’t volunteer for the sake of how it looks to admissions committees.</p>
<p>bump it up, raise the roof</p>