Post-graduate service is chosen by a person when she or he has just acquired a degree and, because it is a full-time commitment, thus precludes immediate entrance to a more advanced degree program. For this reason, many do post-graduate service with an interest in going to graduate school upon their return. To this point, CNVS membership surveys from 2001-2006 reported that a third of all returning full-time volunteers followed their period of service with graduate-level studies [20] This approach acts on the hope that the experience of long-term service—particularly experience in building relationships with the poor (should that be present)—makes one a more visibly mature, independent, and determined applicant.