ECs and Volunteering

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>I'm interested in art/design, english, history, anthropology/sociology, etc.
I need ideas of where to look for ECs and volunteering. </p>

<p>Things I currently do include:
-Arcadia, literary magazine
-Viking Voice, newspaper
-Mock Trial
-National History Day (placed regionally and statewide)
-Art Classes (outside of school)
-2 week art/design program at FIT</p>

<p>I'm debating taking a small internship with a local fashion designer. But I'm unsure of its significance because colleges might question credibility. </p>

<p>I would like to volunteer more during the summer, but I don't know how. I live about 30 minutes outside NYC, and all the museum internships over there are open only to kids going to city schools. There are really no interesting museums closeby. There is the local historical society, and I'm going to try to volunteer there, but it's only a few hours a week. I usually volunteer at the library, but thats only 2 hours a week. My mom works at the local hospital, where I could easily volunteer, but I'm not at all interested in science or medicine, so I feel that on an application, this would seem out of place and like I simply did it for volunteer hours (which, in that case, would be the truth). Same with the local Ambulance Corps. </p>

<p>I'd like to get a job, but not many places here hire under 16 (I only turn 16 october of my junior year), and I'm very limited because I can't drive yet, and both my parents work full time. Any ideas on other places for internships? Everywhere I look it seems like you have to be in college</p>

<p>anyone have any ideas about where I can look for volunteer, working, or anything I could look into regarding ECs?</p>

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<p>anyone?
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<p>"I'm debating taking a small internship with a local fashion designer. But I'm unsure of its significance because colleges might question credibility."</p>

<p>If you want to have that experience, I suggest you go for it. Screw what colleges think. Do things for yourself.</p>

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<p>I agree with pcpharaoh. If you enjoy fashion and manage to get an internship with a local designer, that's awesome. What will be significant to colleges is the fact that you went out and got an internship in the field of your interest. And you're only what, a freshman? Sophomore? Do what interests you. </p>

<p>Also, regarding the ambulance corps...don't definitely give up on the idea just because you don't want to go into medicine. It's a really great (and fun) thing to do, and the majority of people (myself included) do not have medical careers or any intention of becoming doctors or nurses.</p>

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<p>"Also, regarding the ambulance corps...don't definitely give up on the idea just because you don't want to go into medicine. It's a really great (and fun) thing to do, and the majority of people (myself included) do not have medical careers or any intention of becoming doctors or nurses."</p>

<p>Agreed. You can do things unrelated to your field just for the sake of helping people. Why does everyone put everything completely in terms of college these days?</p>

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<p>well, I was going to do the internship anyways, the only reason I was debating was because I needed to find out how to get to and from there. But despite that, I would ALSO like to do stuff that would appeal to colleges. </p>

<p>I'll think a bit more about ambulance corps.</p>