recording community service hours...

Applying to College
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<p>I did around 200~or so hours of community service during high school…</p>

<p>and I was wondering what to do with the commonapp ‘volunteer activities’ section…</p>

<li>Do I NEED to attach an official form that says that I did so and so hours </li>
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<p>at so and so organization?</p>

<p>(Some of my hours weren’t officially recorded in many of these places)</p>

<li>…and this is funny, but one of this place I did community service had its president go to jail for some crime…-_-…</li>
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<p>all my records are lost, of course. Can I still put the hours I did there in?</p>

<p>…or do I just need to write in the hours, w/o the official documented forms?</p>

<p>If I just put in the hours, would they think I’m making the whole stuff up?</p>

<p>Please help me!! :(</p>

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<p>In response to question 1: You don't need to attach an official form. In fact, the admissions officers would probably resent having to dig through all that extra paper.</p>

<p>Question 2: Of course you can put down those hours! You did the work and deserve the credit for it.</p>

<p>As a rule, admissions officers are too swamped to "fact check" your application. Unless they've already come upon some inconsistencies in your app, they will trust that you've done the work you've listed.</p>