What it be helpful on my college application if i I put that i volunteered for a political campaign.?

Answer 1

Yes, anything that says that you have volunteered anywhere helps.

That shows that you are helping the community.

It also depends on what major you are applying to in the specific college.

For example if you are applying into the Political Science program of course that would help you, but if you are applying into let's say Nursing, it might not help as much.

Answer 2

My opinion is yes, it would be helpful. I would be conscious of how I frame the experience, and use it in a general context.

For example, if you are looking to highlight that you volunteered, then talk or write about what you did as a volunteer verses what political party you worked for during the experience. I have supported many different political candidates in the past, but my goal was to support voters and voter education moreso than "I worked for so-and-so on his political campaign."

In an interview or meeting, you can speak specificially to who you actually worked for, giving a good story or experience to support what you wrote on your application.

Answer 3

Yes, if you can be discreet about the political party of the candidate, especially if you are going into something like political science. I would be careful, though about trumpeting my specific political leanings on the application, because you never know what the particular beliefs of the admissions officer who will read it are, and even with the best of intentions to be neutral in his/her decisions, s/he could be turned off by your application if you focus too much on the opposite of those beliefs.

To the person who said that only race, GPA and test scores matter, that just isn't true. GPA and test scores, of course, are of primary importance (if they aren't good enough, no amount of activities will get you in), but once you are deemed acceptable, the next cut on admissions has to look at the overall picture. If your GPA and test scores look just like another person's, and they can't accept both of you, they will look to other factors, like activies, reference letters, essay, along with geography, gender, race, economic situation, etc. to make that determination. If race were such a huge factor, our schools would be full of people of color,which they aren't.

Answer 4

College applications are overrated, many people worry abotu them, but to be honest only three things matter on them - Race, GPA, and Test scores...the rest of the stuff is really a wash...they don't really care about that sort of stuff...I would put it on your application, but to be honest, it really doesn't matter.

Answer 5

yes definitely
usually the thumb of rule is, the more stuff you have on your application, the greater your chances of acceptance so long as you don't overdo it.

Answer 6

Yes.