On college apps, are jobs and volunteer work weighted about the same?
This summer I’ve got the opportunity to either work at a lab or volunteer at a lab (both are BME and cancer research at the same level), and I was wondering if taking one would be more beneficial in the college application process? I would be doing the same thing at either lab, but one would count as volunteer work and the other job experience. Any thoughts on which is more valuable?
They would be valued similarly. Do what interests you most.
The job is more valuable (not because of college admissions but because it sounds like doing the same thing for money vs for free)