At the “Advanced Highly-Selective College Admissions Training” held during our recent Collegewise company meet-up, Arun shared the following example of two students who decide to do volunteer work:
One student plans to spend the summer volunteering halfway around the world because his parents paid $7,000 to send him via a pay-to-play program.
Another starts cold-calling local non-profits and asking, “Do you guys ever let high school students volunteer with you?” and doesn’t stop until one says yes.
One is already doing a much better job of self-directing than the other.