In Common App when filling out volunteer hours how should we list hours that fluctuate? For example I volunteer at an early head start center that partners with a class I took at school. I started out during school last year at about 7.5 hours a week then over the summer I was doing about 20-30 hours a week and now that I am back in school I no longer take the class that partners with the day care so I only visit sometimes (it opens and closes with my school so I can only go during class) but once summer starts again I’m going to volunteer about the same as last summer. If feel like if I put 3 hours a week its unfair to all the work I put in over the summer and last school year but if I put 30 its a little misleading as to what I’m doing now. (I have this problem with 2 organizations)
My family is also a foster home, my counselor said I could put this as volunteer work. Can I list these hours as all hours of the week (We have had at least one child in our home for the last 4 years) or do I only count the hours that I babysit (after school and weekends/sleeping?)
Lastly in one of my applications I put I had received honor roll on a quarterly basis in high school. My high school uses quarters instead of semesters so I meant to show that a good deal of those I had received honor roll but after submitting I thought maybe it was silly to include since 1) I didn’t get it every quarter and 2) although I’m proud of it the colleges see plenty of kids with every single year having honor roll and higher awards . Should I fix or remove this from my application also how should I handle my volunteer hours? Should I fix the ones I already submitted