<p>Hi! I'm a freshman in HS planning out my goals to get into college. I want to build a strong EC foundation, and was wondering whether colleges valued one type of volunteering over another. Right now, I volunteer a couple hours a week at my local library, and a couple times a month for community politics. Are these solid?</p>
<p>Colleges value students who volunteer in areas the students care about. If you’re just doing it to get into college, do something else that you like.</p>
<p>Volunteer hours are a myth. Do what you find valuable and is valuable to the people around you.</p>
<p>Some true (but biting) advice from the Harvard forum
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/harvard-university/835055-calculate-your-chances-admission-harvard.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/harvard-university/835055-calculate-your-chances-admission-harvard.html</a></p>
<p>^ Yes, “hours” are a myth, but volunteering isn’t a myth. A few years ago I had the privilege of attending a ceremony honoring a group of nationally recognized HS age volunteers. At one of the lunches I was seated with four HS students. Three of the four were accepted to Ivy League schools. Causation or correlation, who knows?</p>
<p>Surely, these students were being recognized for their volunteer accomplishments, not their hours.</p>