Average amount of Community Service?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Harvard University
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<p>What is it? Some people have a 1000 hours. Is that average? I have closer to 100 hours. Is that going to hurt?</p>

<p>Of course I disagree with the idea of measuring volunteer work in general, but that might just be because I don't have much. If I had more maybe it would be the best idea in the world.</p>

<p>Btw: I have another year to get in more volunteer work.</p>

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<p>My high school requires 15 hrs for graduation, and many of last year's Harvard admits from my school did nothing more than that. Neither community service, nor anything else, is a prerequisite for admission to Harvard.</p>

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<p>why don't you spend your time ons omething you enjoy rather than trying to rack up hours? :)</p>

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<p>Some people actually enjoy community service, me being one of them.</p>

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<p>people who enjoy community service go out and do it... they don't spent their time thinking of how many hours they have to hit for Harvard</p>

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<p>I know what you mean and completely agree with it, but this still is a worthwhile question. After all, we all ask what the average sat scores, gpa, and class rank of Harvard admits are, why not community service hours?</p>

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<p>Probably because it is a lot lower than most people would think.</p>

<p>Either way I think it could be a positive thing...better people spend countless hours volunteering than prepping for the SATs.</p>