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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid didn’t volunteer or do any community service activities or have impact. The interest has be genuine, authentic. So that box didn’t get checked. That doesn’t mean that they won’t contribute on campus. Kids grow and change and can contribute to their campus/local communities  in a lot of other ways. Anyone else whose kid didn’t volunteer?[/quote]

You know this is a box on the application.  If you want it to be checked and your kid isn't interested, then as the parent you need to model the action you need.  CS does not have to be a kid only activity.  Make it a family activity.  Everyone in the family is volunteering at the food bank on Sat morning 1x/month.  Everyone in the family is volunteering at the pet adoption 1x/month.  Everyone in the family is doing a shift at the local polling place on Election Day.  If your kid isn't interested, that's fine.  But they also need to see that it's something the family values.  If it's not something your family values, that's also fine, but then don't be surprised that they are not willing to volunteer on this own.[/quote]

This is what parents do. They model the "volunteering" and child gets the credit. Often the child does not even know![/quote]

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