Peace Corps as a Soft? Forum

[jetsfan1]

First, *general disclaimer that I know softs mean very very little and I am not going to join the corps just to help me get into law school* but since Im seriously considering it, and eventually want to go to law school too, where is this on the spectrum of softs? Similat to TFA? Thats my guess, but I only ask bc whenever I see "good" softs mentioned on this board, Peace Corps is never mentioned. Thanks.

Just again, to clarify, nothing heard here is gonna influence my decision on whether or not to join, that decision is totally independent of law school considerations, but just curious about the effects on law school admissions.

[kwais]

I would think it would be (and should be) at least on par with TFA.

[Swimp]

I'm not sure how useful it really is to try to guess at some kind of "softs ranking" that puts Fulbright on par with Rhodes, and above TFA, and TFA above Peace Corps or whatever. With that said, there are a handful of soft factors that can have an appreciable effect on an application, and Peace Corps is undoubtedly in that group.

[CMHCLT]

TFA applicant--saw very little to no difference between my application at schools and others with the same numbers.

1 sample size: numbers are all that matter.

[Ti Malice]

I'm not sure how useful it really is to try to guess at some kind of "softs ranking" that puts Fulbright on par with Rhodes, and above TFA, and TFA above Peace Corps or whatever. With that said, there are a handful of soft factors that can have an appreciable effect on an application, and Peace Corps is undoubtedly in that group.

I know you're not necessarily suggesting that it is, but a Fulbright is not on par with Rhodes/Marshall.

OP, Peace Corps is a strong soft. Definitely stronger than TFA.