Question About Extracurriculars

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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My question regarding extracurriculars is: do clubs count as volunteer work? Right now I’m a freshman in high school who is volunteering shelving books at the library. I have about 19 hours in total so far and have been volunteering since August 2017. Next year I am thinking about joining some clubs, preferably the Engineering and Chess Club. Would I be able to place this on my application as volunteer work or is there a separate place to put activities/sports/clubs in?

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I think it counts as an activity

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So everything basically counts as an “activity,” am I right? @fretnot

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Anyone else?

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Most applications lump all ECs in the same sections - sports, work, volunteering, music, etc. There is no need to overthink this.

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Thank you. Another question however; do you need volunteer hours for participating in clubs or is it only for actual volunteer work that you place hours? @skieurope

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For the most part, participating in clubs is not volunteer work. The exception would be, as an example, NHS, which usually requires volunteer hours.

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Clubs would still be a good thing to put on my app however right? @skieurope

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Any EC is good to put on an application; unless one is a recruited athlete, colleges really show no preference on the type of EC.

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Thanks again @skieurope