<p>I'm a sophomore, and I expect to have, maybe, 15 hrs of community service by graduation, but I have great grades, EC's, summer programs, and anticipate very nice SAT I/II scores, and ACT scores. </p>
<p>How are the "lower Ivies," like Dartmouth, about comm. service? I believe, other than that, I'm a good candidate.</p>
<p>Thoughts?</p>
<p>Why so few community service hours? Truthfully, I think if you do ECs that you are really involved in and love, it shouldn't make a big deal. However, I'm still curious.</p>
<p>By great summer programs I hope you mean RSI and TASP or MITES or something else that is competitive and does not cost money. By great grades I hope you are in the top 1 or 2 in your class unless you go to a very good HS (average SAT n1350 old). By great ECs I hope you've achieved something on a national level. And a strong SAT for Dartmouth would be 2250 plus, ACT 34 plus. </p>
<p>If you have those things, Dartmouth will probably forgive lack of service, it's a very numbers oriented school. Go Big Green!!</p>
<p>If you are a sophomore, it's not too late to change the "expected 15 hours of community service". Get on your feet and off that computer and start helping folks.</p>
<p>Service hours are easy</p>
<p>Relay for Life...overnight event. If you have no morals you could count sleeping as hours and give yourself a ncie 30+ after 1 shot. There are several relay for lifes, usually one at every city so you can attend 2-3 within a short drive.</p>
<p>Then you have your awake-a-thons, there you go, sleeping and getting massive hours while you do nothing.</p>
<p>Volunteer after school once a week to clean up a park. That adds up to what, 150 hours after a school year? </p>
<p><a href="http://www.volunteermatch.org%5B/url%5D">www.volunteermatch.org</a></p>
<p>There you go, you now know enough info to get 400 hours in 2 years. :) godspeed</p>