<p>f i volunteer to help Barack obama's candidacy would it look bad on my college application??
would it show my political views which they may not necessarily agree with? Thanks for your help!!!</p>
<p>They're not going to be like, hey, this guy's a Democrat. REJECT. I mean, this is kind of a common sense question. If you were an admissions officer, would you reject a student because he had differing political views? It doesn't make sense.</p>
<p>Do what you love.</p>
<p>Honestly, if you feel passionate enough about your political views to volunteer for a campaign and a school rejects you for said views, do you really want to go to that school?</p>
<p>Trust me, it can only be a plus to be active.</p>
<p>shows your into politics...come now read the "Will being conservative hurt me"</p>
<p>I was planning on my dedication to the Obama campaign as a highlight on my application! I think it shows you're into politics and active. I can't imagine that would do anything but make you look better. I've canvassed for Barack Obama and done voter registration drives at school, and I even started a young dems club at my school, so I would hope colleges wouldn't look at that as a negative! :)</p>
<p>Seeing as most people tend to find Barack as a likable guy regardless of politics, I'd say you're safe in talking about your volunteer efforts. </p>
<p>Now if you were volunteering to further the candidacy of someone like David Duke you might have a problem (:</p>
<p>Its certainly not gonna look bad but your not exactly a top campain official, id reckon about 10,000 plus rising seniors have the same idea as you so... you may wanna consider doing something a bit more important like actually fighting for some issue you beleive in with some advocacy group (sorry if this sounds harsh)</p>
<p>miktau, I don't think the OP meant this to necessariy be thebe-all and end-all of their application</p>
<p>I think it's a very viable subject to discuss. However, examine yourself to see if you can identify and understand the "other" side's arguments. Not that you need to agree with them -- just that you've thought through the counter arguments to Sen. Obama and positive points of Sen McCain. If not, you can come off as either quaintly ideological or close-minded. </p>
<p>I recall many knee-jerk political statements by my HS classmates -- totally unsupported and frankly, unimpressive.</p>
<p>Best of luck to you and your efforts in the upcoming campaign!</p>