Community Service in Alameda County Library ?

Question

Will doing community service (about 500 hours) in the Alameda County Llibrary make my college application look better (for Stanford-medical)? What are other ways to make it look better?

Answer 1

I think do something for children or old ppl..That type of service can create a good impression...

Answer 2

I do think it gets kinda silly as the name usually has nothing to do with the team or area. However, I don't actually mind that the Rockies play at Coors Field, because it is locally important. Coors, though there are other breweries and bottling areas throughout the country and it is part of the larger Molsen-Coors family now, is a Colorado-based brand. The company began here in the 1800s and being brewed from the "pure water of the Colorado Rocky Mountains" was long prided as a special trait of Coors. Now there is a Coors brewery in Virginia and i don't know if they transport water all that way, but it is a historical aspect. Also the Coors family is still prominent in the Denver area. Thus altogether, I see Coors Field as a valid name for the place where the Denver baseball team plays. I don't really know anyone who minds because Coors is a historic Colorado company. Now when they replaced Old Mile-Hi and named the new Broncos stadium "Invesco Field"? Now THAT was a source of discontent for Coloradans as it took a field named for a Denver trait (being exactly one mile above sea level at various points, such as the Capitol building) and named it after some financial company.

Answer 3

Number of hours of community service means pretty much nothing on a college application. What looks significant is community service that means something to you (what causes do you personally believe in most?), and that provides you with skills that will help you both with college and with your professional life (volunteering where you created your own service activities; you provided service to people with disabilities, the elderly, children, immigrants, etc., which shows you can work with diverse communities; you worked as part of a team; you trained others; you oversaw a project from start to finish; where you were trained in a particular skills; etc.).

You want your references from your volunteering experience to be able to say you were committed, eager to learn, showed initiative, and were highly responsible.