xraymiller wrote:
If there's one thing I do with direct patient care, it is helping others. The difference is I am getting paid, and because I get paid, I am not going out of my way to do it. So I don't know if an admissions committee would say to themselves, 'yes he gets paid to help people, but he also gives hope to people with very little every day.'
I would like to get involved with Habitat for Humanity because I like to build. I also want to be more involved with an R/C airplane flying club; unfortunately, the two clash. The best flying is early morning on the weekends and I know construction also starts early in the morning.
I almost feel like I'm asking if I can be selfish about my free time and still get into MBA school.
Unless you plan on applying sometime in the future, not this fall, I would just go with what you have. Sometimes it looks worse to volunteer just to beef up your application. Habitat for Humanity is a popular one (this from comments made by admissions). They dislike it when an applicant helps out with Habitat a few months prior to applying to b-school.
Of course, this isn't to say you are not going to get in if you don't volunteer as many students do get in. But, remember, you may be competing against people who work 12+ hour days and still make time to volunteer. Every case is different.