research vs volunteer over summer

<p>Im having a bit of trouble deciding what I want to do over the summer.. i applied to 2 research programs (clarks & ysp @ ucdavis) but i dont know if i should devote this summer to volunteering instead?
right now i do a little bit of volunteering on the side (20~30hrs a semester) and im on 2 academic teams for science & math</p>

<p>What are your thoughts? which one would be more helpful for college apps?</p>

<p>Do what you feel like wud be most appropriate for you...plz take sum time and enjoy being urself instead of letting college applications decide what you'd need to do for summer! Neither will hurt, and they'd love to see true passion...so, if u think u r passionate and rlly wanna do research that u'd want to continue, then it's research u may wanna do...but then again, it's u who shud decide not sum college application.</p>

<p>for college apps, and just for experience, ressearch would be a lot better.</p>