<p>How important is it for college admissions and how much of it should you have?</p>
<p>Also, how important does something have to be in order to constitute being a "hook"? (Examples please)</p>
<p>Any help would be appreciated!</p>
<p>sorry if i didn't make it clear, those were two separate questions...</p>
<p>I've never done any CS (well, unless you count tutoring cs....)</p>
<p>I think its just another EC</p>
<p>How much community service is worth putting on you application??
I mean, if you only have, like, a total of 80 hours, is it better to leave it off your application, so that when your adcoms see your application they don't remember the kid who spend 400 hours volunteering and immediately chuck your application of out the window for being a selfish prat?</p>
<p>It depends on what school (or type of school) you're applying to. Public schools, such as the UCs in particular, tend to place more emphasis on community service than privates (one of the exceptions would be GW).</p>
<p>all privates (CMU, Rice, Brown, Stanford, etc...) but how many hours make it worth a citation on your application?
(on applications, most people attach an extra resume, correct?)</p>
<p>for a fact i know that the uc's definitely like to see over 100 hours of community service. the more active you are in the community the better... just don't do it solely for padding your application- make sure you are truly volunteering from the heart.</p>
<p>Well I wouldn't bother to do something that I didn't like...
when people put their # hrs, ...in what time-frame are they referring?</p>
<p>For Stanford anyways, they ask you specifically for ecs you had during grades 10-12, and you give the name of the activity, the extent of your participation (e.g. president), any awards earned in the activity, the number of hours you do it per week, and the number of weeks per year.</p>
<p>okay, but by 100 hours you mean, in what time frame? If I do 1.5hrs/week 36 wks/yr for 2 yrs = 100hrs...or do you mean 100hrs/year?</p>
<p>I'm planning on going to UCSD/UCLA and I'm gonna have 10+ hrs by the time I apply. I mean, I'm only doing enough CS to fufill my HS's minimum graduation requirements. If it's above 100 hrs, then I'm ******d!</p>
<p>i think it is another complement to your application. for example, someone can be an amazing volunteer and that can be what sticks out about them. but if there is something else you love, volunteering can fall on the back burner although it is very important for scholarships. do the things you want to do! if you just do stuff in hs for college, you'll become very disillusioned later on. </p>
<p>i have to admit i started only doing comm service just for college and for a notation on my hs transcript. but i actually kinda like it now. i just volunteer at the library one hour a week, very small, but i've always liked the library and i like to think i am making an important contribution as my (dead) skin gets ripped off by the super-strong tape I have to use there to strengthen the binding on books...cuz my 'fingerprint' stays on the book...yeah. anyways, i got in without much community service - i only had a notation my junior year and only did like 60 hours. i had other things i loved and did more, so it worked out.</p>
<p>i think UCSD gives out specific points (b/c they admit with a point system) for a specific number of hours - something like 300 hours = 100 points or something.</p>
<p>I'm putting my volunteering on and I've done less than 200 hrs... but that's not my primary thing, so hopefully it'll be okay. =) I doubt anything over 50 can be counted against you, but less than that might be, I dunno.</p>
<p>10 hours probably isn't anything to brag about though ;)</p>
<p>Can someone give me the link for the point system @ UCSD?</p>
<p>I'm very worried about this now. I feel like I have no hope. I mean, applications are due November and as of this second, I have 30 minutes of community service. I'm gonna do about 6 hrs in April-May and by summer, I'll be able to drive and do more hours at the library or something. Maybe 3hrs a week or something.</p>
<p>How come it doesn't help with the privates?</p>
<p>where on the college application do you actually put community service down?</p>
<p>Basically it does not matter to a great extent how many hours of service you do. Forexample, you do lets say a mere 80 hours of service and i do 800 hours of service. You write a fantastic essay on what you learned during that 80 hours and changes you made after doing that 80 hours of service. And i just put that i did 800 hours of service with out any evidence that i learned something from it. Who do you think has the better chance of acceptance?</p>
<p>so basically if your not going to write your essays on community service, it is worthless in college admissions.</p>
<p>Not exactly. The number of hours of community service alone tells a great deal. It says that you are active, "have a life", have the ability to manage time, and shows your interests. If you can do this and write a great eassay, then your chances increase.</p>
<p>yes...but if your not writing your essay on communtiy service, where you list how many hours you have?..</p>