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Community Service Work Increasingly Important for College Applicants

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joanna pascal of VT 5:31PM June 12, 2012

The major flaw with this is the group of schools asked - they represent a tiny number of the schools in the country where only a small fraction of students end up attending. The majority of college-bound students go elsewhere. If you look at state universities (where the majority of students end up attending) most of them simply use a matrix of GPA and standardized national test scores to determine admission. While community service is a noble endeavor - kids should do it because they care - not because they think their college will.

Mike of TN 10:05AM December 01, 2011