<p>cornell rejected a kid b/c he had 50 hours of EC's and they thought he was lying...(anyone read that article and have it?) i have applied to cornell with around 32ish hours of EC's plus another 15 per week for work...auto rejection?</p>
<p>Uh, wait, what?</p>
<p>There's a person in the Columbia thread applying with 1200 hours of community service. . . I doubt that 32 will set off the ********-o-meter.</p>
<p>However, I would be interested in seeing that article you spoke of. Maybe post the link to it?</p>
<p>50 hours of EC? lol.. thats NOTHING!</p>
<p>I think they meant 50h/week. Thats 10h/day weekdays, or 7h/day daily.</p>
<p>lol. how many hours should you have by the end of high school to actually impress colleges?</p>
<p>I don't know. I'm not going to put the exact number of volunteer hours on my application, but rather just the place(s) and the estimated number per week.</p>
<p>let me clarify ALTHOUGH I DO HAVE 500 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE, this is NOT what the post is about..
for my hrs/week activities, ec's whatever you wish to call them...including my comm srv hours per week and other activities like debate and newspaper the total hours per week added up to around 32 per week whcih is legit..but according to an article i read by newsweek i believe they saidthat COrnell rejected someone with 50 hrs weekly of activities, ecs..so at this point iw ould be ok, but thne i realized i did not add the 15 hours of actual work employment weekly bwhich brings my total up to 47 hrs of out of school responsibilities activities w/e...auto rejection...should i not include work in this total...what is the deal?</p>
<p>how can you have 47 hours? even if you say a 7 day week, that's nearly 7 hours of ECs per day. if you get out of school around 2-3 that puts you at 9-10 PM not including dinner time, bathroom breaks (haha), commute time, and homework. I can't comment on your workload but it seems that either a) you're a robot that doesn't need breaks or b) you're exaggerating. colleges don't expect you to be superhuman (at least that's what i'm told)</p>
<p>HAHA. high school has made me realize that the work i do is not feasible in theory, but only in practice. ;)</p>
<p>I think it is possible, it depends on the EC. My D has an EC that she spends 4-5 hours a day, that makes it 25 hours already if she gets home early like 7:00 P.M. Sometimes she gets home around 10:00 P.M and she gets up on weekend around 4:30 A.M and does not get home until 2:00 P.M. Add in the work hours that she works everyweek, about 10 hours, it could be easily 40-45 hours. The good thing is her hours are varied, it's not the norm. So it's a good idea to put in "varies", "flexible", "up to max hours" as a qualifier.</p>
<p>what do you all recommend my app is submitted, and i kinda stopped my current 15 hr week employment soicoudltake it off the app, but ican't</p>
<p>meh i don't think you can do anything about it, and since you believe that it is feasible (and i guess after hearing 99cents it is possible in extreme cases) i'd just stick with it. if the admissions office calls your guidance counselor/contacts you about this, just explain it. they'd be willing to give you the benefit of the doubt (especially if your recs talk about how diligent you are) good luck!</p>
<p>should i send a follow up letter qualifying the application by saying that some weeks the hours are much greater than the figures stipulated but some weeks they are significantly less (which would make up for the "unrealisticness" of the 47 hrs)</p>
<p>If you really do 47 hours a week, don't change it. That's just ridiculous.</p>
<p>Also, doctor JD, your name is awesome; an excellent tribute to the greatest show ever.</p>
<p>haaahahahaaah thanks goldshadow</p>
<p>ne more comments suggestions please?</p>
<p>really freaking out here..</p>
<p>I think adcoms are smart enough to realize that not every one of your activities are yearlong and hrs/week is not an accurate measurement without wks/yr. </p>
<p>But, if you actually put some 50 hrs/wk and 40 wks/year (or equivalent of school year), I could see an adcom interpreting it as exaggeration.</p>
<p>I think the hours are there so they can tell what's important to you. I called Stanford and asked that the common application does not give any extra room to put the word varies. Also Stanford states on it website not to send in a resume. So don't worry. Besides what's done is done.</p>
<p>Oh, it's possible to have a lot. I have 600ish now and will graduate with 650.</p>
<p>My friend go over 4000 since he started in elementary and got some award thingy signed by the President.</p>
<p>The thing about community service is...you never see it as "hours for college", you see it as a fast track to liberal arts training, an opportunity to network, learn new skills, explore possibilities, and help out a little while you're at it.</p>
<p>:) But bleh, this is CC so community service is just a stat...right?</p>