Is this community service?

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I tutor underserved grade school students (virtually) a few times a week. It's mostly stuff like reading, writing, and basic math. I am also making videos for students that go over some high school subjects (chemistry, etc.). This is done through a tutoring organization and is unpaid. Are adcoms going to view this as tutoring or community service?

 

[Goro]

Yes indeed it counts

 

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Yes indeed it counts

Thanks so much for the reply! So if I have like 350 hours of this, per se, I wouldn’t need to have stuff like soup kitchen, etc.?

 

[LizzyM]

It is your choice. Frankly, I'd go with volunteer non-clinical and absolve yourself of doing even more volunteering. Tutoring/teaching usually means tutoring HS or college subjects or teaching at any level as a full-time educator. It can be paid or unpaid (f/t is usually paid, of course, while part-time tutoring can be paid or unpaid.)

 

[Mr.Smile12]

To the contrary, I will say it's tutoring with an asterisk that you worked with underserved kids, but I would still expect you to do something that really gets you out if your comfort zone. Unless you have done City Year/TFA/Americorps in a full-time position, this doesn't convince me of your service orientation. There are dozens of such tutoring programs that are set up for college students through club partnerships or even a service learning office. Now you may be doing a bit more but the videos tick off my "teaching skills" development box, not community service. If there are more details that are important, I can consider a change in position.