How to Apply to PULSE Council

Download an application for the PULSE Council available on the PULSE Home Page in February.  The application contains a description of the PULSE Council role, which you should read carefully. Carefully read the application for all mandatory dates!

**Please note that there will be a mandatory training retreat for all PULSE Council members before the start of classes in the fall. This commitment is incompatible with other Boston College campus leadership positions. Please check for conflicts with other activities before applying.**

Overview of PULSE Council

• The PULSE Council consists of eighteen undergraduate students committed to serving the students and placements of the PULSE program and continuing the learning that began during their PULSE experience.

Requirements:
Each Council Member must:

• Have completed the PULSE program for one full year and fulfilled all academic and service requirements.
• Be willing to make a one year commitment to the Council with the opportunity to return for a second year.
• Be able to fulfill all responsibilities and training requirements outlined below.

Responsibilities:
Each Council Member will:

• Coordinate three or four placements and assume responsibility for approximately twenty to thirty students.
• Aid PULSE students in selecting and getting adjusted to a field placement.
• Serve as the first contact for placement supervisors.
• Arrange and facilitate two meetings each semester for students serving at each of their placements.
• Maintain individual contact with PULSE students from assigned placements as needed.
• Serve three hours per week in the PULSE office to assist with general PULSE program tasks and be available to advise PULSE students.
• *Note: The coordinating activity of PULSE Council Members does not replace, but rather supplements, the PULSE staff's ongoing contact with placements and PULSE students.*

Applying
If you are interested in applying, bring your information sheet to the PULSE office.  You will be contacted via email about the date, time and location of your interview.  Your PULSE professor and current PULSE Council member will be asked to complete reference forms on your behalf.  Consult the PULSE Calendar for due date of your information sheet and application essay.  

If you are currently a sophomore and you are planning to spend one or two semesters studying abroad during your junior year, you can and should submit your application now.  These applications, however, will not be considered this spring.  Final consideration will be deferred until the following spring for membership on the following year's PULSE Council.  You will be given one interview this spring and a second interview next year.

The entire PULSE Council and PULSE staff will carefully consider every applicant's file.  Accepted applicants will be notified and results will be posted on the PULSE website.  See the PULSE Calendar for dates regarding when the selections will be made.