<p>I do a volunteer work because it's required by my school (so I put it on my college application) and i've been doing it since i started my senior year. i can't stop until like May. but if, say i'm doing it just to look good on the college apps, at this point i would somehow reduce the amount of the EC i'm doing. but i don't think it's that bad to quit, since you have other stuff to take care of too, like a senior project (if u have one) or AP exams, etc. maybe, keep doing your EC's for another month or two?</p>
<p>No, please don't. Trust me on this one, Ive seen people in your shoes before. If you do that, and if the sponsor knows where you are going, he/she might be a big enough jerk to tell your schools that, and you may find yourself tangled and accused of senioritis. Keep doing the ECs, even if you slack in them.</p>
<p>Well I'm actually referring to a three unpaid internships that I have done over the years. As it is not community service, I don't believe I am contractually or morally obligated to continue. My original intention was to get a job after school at Target or something, but that would require me to quit some of the internships to free up my time. My only concern is that colleges might call the place I interned and find out I no longer work there, thus assuming that I decided to slack off my senior year.</p>
<p>If you want to stop, then you stop. If you don't, then you don't. It's as simple as that. There's nothing to worry about if you stop because colleges WILL NOT rescind you for it. </p>
<p>That's as concise an answer as you can get. Good luck.</p>
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A person at my school quit Roots and Shoots after he was admitted. The school somehow found out, and she was nearly rescinded. So, don't quit activities unless you're willing to risk it.</p>
<p>Matter of personal integrety or lack of it I would think</p>
<p>I find it hard to believe the college or the hs really cares if you quit any activity UNLESS you are the president of it or you used that activity as a primary way of getting into the school, ie, playing an instrument and the school wanted you for that.</p>
<p>you have to realize that they cannot go back and research thousands of kids now. they are already looking at the next group for admissions. i don't think it is fair to call someone a liar for saying he is in a group and then that person decides to quit. if it is a waste of time and it is not rewarding, quit. if you did it so you would have a ec for your app, don't feel bad. lots of others do that. lots of teachers recruit kids for clubs for that very reason. and don't you thing a college knows that when a kid puts a million ecs on the app that the kid is not passionate about all of them? remember, they say they are interested in the long term commitment to a ec, not every ec.</p>
<p>sup
Perhaps this isn't true, but your post suggests your passions are not really passions at all. I just looked at some of your other posts to see where you applied. Looks like Harvard is your #1 choice. I hope the kind of integrity you demonstrate within this thread is not representative of the students accepted into Harvard. I'll be curious to know where you are accepted.</p>
<p>Oh and enjoy your cruise to the Caribbean and then the Olympics in Beijing....</p>
<p>"My only concern is that colleges might call the place I interned and find out I no longer work there, thus assuming that I decided to slack off my senior year."</p>
<p>This has happened but a student never really knows why s/he has been denied admission to a school.</p>
<p>This post is slightly irrelevant, but do colleges care/know if you dropped AP classes or just regular classes during your senior yr second semester?</p>