<p>So you want your child to delay submitting an application so as to get an additional few days of community service on the application? I don’t understand why you are exaggerating the importance of the service for the application. it really does not matter. Perhaps your child can relax and enjoy Thanksgiving if the application is ready to go:)</p>
<p>OP- I’ll help you here. It’s not that the extra hours will make a very small difference- they will make NO difference whatsoever. Your child should push the Send button as soon as the application is complete and then relax and enjoy a couple of days off. (until the next application deadlines!) You are blowing the importance of community service way out of proportion, not to mention the impact of a couple of extra days of volunteering. Put down the hours until November 30 or November 26 or yesterday-- and put it out of your mind. If he doesn’t get in, I can promise you it won’t be because of a few missing/extra hours of community service. Unless he’s saving an Ebola patient somewhere, it won’t make a bit of difference.</p>
<p>You’re way, WAY over thinking. Put hours done. Move on </p>
<p>If you really want to be honest - can you put “scheduled” or “planned” some where in one of the columns? Then you can have your cake and eat it too.</p>
<p>Don’t lose sleep over it. You and he make the best, justifiable choice you can. Agree with mathmom: if you’re worried put in a tiny note, “through 12/31” or whatever’s applicable. This issue is not a showstopper and he won’t be rescinded for reflecting on his whole effort. I don’t know if UC still randomly checks a % of applicants, but later, if needed, you can show the effort is/was as stated. Best wishes.</p>
<p>Hours are usually pretty rough estimates anyway. But again, this issue is not significant for admissions.</p>