<p>Hey Guys,</p>
<p>My schools requires me to put my community service hours on ManageBac (it's an IB school). Then, once the CAS essay is done, they go on my transcript. My guidance counselor sent out my 1st transcript and midyear report with very few community service hours. Now, my transcript will have 300+. What should I do? Should I resend the transcript, update the admissions office, etc.?</p>
<p>Thanks so much!</p>
<p>You shouldn’t give this a moment’s thought. Colleges don’t care about your volunteer hours. You don’t need to report any at all.</p>
<p>If your shtick is volunteerism, then a college that cares about applicants’ extracurricular involvement (really, only the selective ones do) will care about your dedication to your cause(s) and care even more about your accomplishments, but they won’t care about your tally of hours per se. If your shtick is something else–sports or music or debate or politics or science-- or if you are applying to colleges that are not so selective, then your tally of volunteer hours is completely unimportant in your admissions process.</p>
<p>Thanks for your reply. I am just worried that they will be like “Oh nice, he has really spent time doing <em>__, _</em><em>, </em> and ___. Let’s check his grades. Wow nice! Wait… whoa… Only 12 documented community service hours? This sounds kinda sketchy. Hmmm. Denied.” In other words, will admissions committees notice the difference between what I say I did and why my transcipt says I did?</p>
<p>I am not asking if they will be impressed/unimpressed with my volunteerism. All that is on my commonapp. I am just wondering if they will notice the inconsistency and be worried. FYI, I am applying to very selective schools.</p>
<p>You’re an IB candidate – selective schools know what CAS comprises. Relax</p>