I spend 15 hours/week on this tutoring program & exchange for refugees I started, 8 hours/week singing, 4 hours/week on DECA, 1.5 hrs for taekwondo, 1.5 hours volunteering in the library, and 1.5 hours/week as an officer in a club (the last one is probably more so but I don’t want to pad). The thing is that I love my ECs, I sing when I want to relax and take a break, same with taekwondo, and the exchange program I started is really time-consuming but I really enjoy it. So I’m not lying, I spend a lot of time on them.
No, it doesn’t sound fabricated. Plenty of athletes, musicians, thespians, etc… spend a ton of time on their ECs. Some students have jobs that take up that much time.
The only EC that raises an eye brow for me is 8 hrs/singing. Are you in a chorus that meets that often?
@momofsenior1 I’m not in the choir- I do Indian classical vocal singing, and I perform solo concerts (around 20 minutes long) in the weekends. I practice an hour a day to maintain my voice and practice for concerts.
Although keep in mind that academics are much more important for admissions to college. You are adding almost a full time job to school. Maybe get more people involved in tutoring so you don’t have to do so much.