<p>just out of curiousity, how many hours of involvment in a week in an activity demonstrates dedication? is 10 not enough? is 20 too many?</p>
<p>i think 10 is just fine.</p>
<p>My activities (hours/weeks) in order of depth and importance. I think around 9-10 is a good amount, but it's also the number of years you've done it. </p>
<p>9/52, 4 years
3/25, 4 years
10/52, 13 years
3/36, 4 years
11/10 (a sport), 4 years
10/10, 4 years
2/52, 3 years </p>
<p>keep in mind I'm homeschooled and have a lot more free time :P</p>
<p>approximately 105 hours a week that I'm awake, subtract 13 for classes = 92, In the toughest part of my year, swim season, I do 32 hours of ECs, that leaves 60 hours that somehow magically disappear in homework, eating and attrition. I wish I could make better use of them :(</p>
<p>lolcats, can i be one to say that your EC list and dedication is ridiculously good? however, my best ec, i spend approx 16 hours/48weeks/year for 4 years. i think stanford likes the hours, but really wants to know what you actually got out of it. for my big EC, i wrote my personal statement about what it has taught me and how it plays an integral role in my life. i think it's all about significance and how you can relay it to the admissions people.</p>
<p>^ exactly, it's not necessarily the time you spend in it, it's what impact it has on you, and what your participation in it SHOWS about you. Like for me, I think the fact I'm on the swim team is only important because it shows I'm also a physical guy (my major ECs involve the computer), since I'm definitely not planning on swimming for Stanford :P </p>
<p>It just so happens that the best ECs that fill the above criteria take quite a bit of time. It's hard to do than in a 1 hr/week EC :)</p>
<p>Wow mine is like totally different....</p>
<p>25-45 during school & about 2 hrs during the summer (yearbook... I'm there more than at home(
5/52
2/36
3/36
4/40
2/36</p>
<p>oh and 15/52</p>
<p>Uh oh. Is it bad that most of my Ecs are only 2-4 hours a week (except for track and field which is more like 8)? I mean, I'm dedicated and stuff, but each individual thing I do I don't see how I could spend more than a few hours a week on. Ugh, I hope Stanford doesn't think I'm lazy even though my total hours per week for everything added up is like 21 which is like 3 hours a day. </p>
<p>What do y'all think?</p>
<p>That's actually a good amount. Mine is just more because of my commitment to yearbook and a lot of my other ec's overlap... so it's more manageable then it seems. lolcats4 is homeschooled.... so they actually need it probably.</p>
<p>Yeah so cliffnotes version... 21 is way more than most people I know.</p>
<p>Yeah I just checked with the valedictorian at my school who does a ton... but he said it was around 25... so you're fine.</p>
<p>Thanks guys! That makes me feel better.
I was just a little freaked because some of you have like 15 hours dedicated to a single activity while mine is a bit more spread out. But I guess it's ok.</p>