<p>they seem pretty high to me. i highly doubt that you never miss a week of tennis or columbian squires. furthermore, most HS tennis programs are not 44 weeks long b/c that’s 220 school days when most schools have about 180. same problem with choir and filipino club.</p>
<p>the more important thing is why you did these things, what you got out of it, accomplishments, etc…NOT the hours</p>
<p>If I understand this correctly, for 44 weeks a year, you have 72 hours of EC’s and community service each week, or over 10 hours per day. And this does not include the additional 5 hours you spend in church and the 4 hours you volunteer at a hospital for 34 weeks a year, which would have to have some overlap, giving you a substantial number of weeks when you attend school and have 81 hours a week of EC’s. So assuming you attend school from around 8:30 to 3:00, how could you possibly fit in more than 11 hours of additional scheduled activities every day, seven days a week? </p>
<p>I think I must be missing something here. Unless there’s something very wrong with my math, please recheck your numbers.</p>
<p>Not at all unbelievable. If your screen name is true. Because, if you ARE indeed a robot, sleep isn’t necessary. </p>
<p>Walk me through one of those 44 weeks of the year.
You get up at 5am to be at Earth Club from 5:30-6:30. Then from 6:30-7:30 you have tennis club. Then school from 7:30-3:30. Then Filipino Club from 3:30-4:30. Then tennis practice from 4:30-6:00. Then choir rehearsal from 6p-8p. Then homework and bed by 11pm for 6 hours of sleep. Saturday, you have a show choir contest from 7am-5pm to fill in the rest of the 20 hours a week spent in choir. Then on Sunday (AFTER church service, I imagine…so…starting at about 11am?)…you spend 5 hours raising funds, we’ll skip the hospital and homeless shelter even though you DO say they over lap with 11 weeks of the year), and another 2 hours at a Catholic Church. So…no food or shower again today. </p>
<p>I can buy this, my daughter has done it. But NOT for 44 hours out of the year! Unless…wait are you writing this from your room at the insane asylum where you’ve gone to get a little break?</p>
<p>this was meant to be “are you kidding me”?/funny…not mean.<br>
it’s just…did you think this added up?</p>
<p>OK, it sounds as if you’ve sent these numbers to colleges on your applications. I think you’d be wise to go talk with your GC about perhaps sending in a revision, and the best way to go about this. It looks as if perhaps you initially wrote down the highest number of hours a week you ever spent in each activity, not averaging down to the actual number of hours on a more typical week. In the interest of having an accurate application that doesn’t suggest exaggeration, consider a brief, to the point note with the correct numbers. Maybe you could write a sample of this before going into your GC so she could take a look and advise you.</p>
<p>I doubt they ever really look at the specific hours you spend per week on an activity. It’s most definitely just for purposes of “oh hey this one is important to him/her.”</p>
<p>Unless it’s blatantly unrealistic in which case you might just get laughed at and then instantly rejected. Oh wait.</p>
<p>Agreed. This isn’t a travesty–just contact the admissions office and let them know you’ll be sending an updated report, letting them know that you misinterpreted the instructions. Then send in a more realistic set of numbers. </p>
<p>Question: Do you honestly do most of these activities 44 weeks out of the year? That’s not even possible unless you continue them through most school breaks.</p>