<p>I am an incoming high school junior passionate about helping children in health or education. My dream school is Berkeley to major in Public Health or Nutritional Sciences. </p>
<p>Lately this summer I have been doing a lot of volunteering at children's camps. I was wondering whether applicants must list their total volunteer hours on their college application. People have told me that one must have 150+ hours. Do colleges calculate this themselves are is there a portion on the application where one can write total hours of community service?</p>
<p>In addition, I was wondering about scholarships. For schools such as Berkeley, one applies for a scholarship during their senior year once they know they get accepted right?
If any one knows any scholarships for juniors in high school or seniors, it would be greatly appreciated. I have done a lot of research and would love to hear opinions and feedback from others! </p>
<p>Lastly, if you are a incoming, current, or alumni of Berkeley, could you please tell me your statistics so I know what kind of people they accept.
Your help would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you all so much in advance and Go Bears! :)</p>
<p>There is no requirement that you total your “volunteer hours” on college applications, nor is there any requirement that you have any volunteer hours at all. Some selective colleges and universities do care about applicants’ extracurricular activities and accomplishments. If volunteering is your thing, then you’ll give some description of the kinds of volunteer work you have done. But even then, it’s what you’ve done and what you’ve accomplished that matter, not how many hours you spent. </p>
<p>In much the same way, if something besides volunteering is your thing, whether it’s lacrosse or choral music or mock trial or wilderness adventure, colleges and universities that care at all will care more about what you’ve done than the tally of hours you’ve spent doing it. But they won’t care at all whether you have “volunteer hours.”</p>
<p>For aid at Berkeley–whether it’s merit-based scholarships or need-based financial aid, or a combination of the two, that you’re seeking–you take those steps while you’re applying, not after you’re admitted. But you will need to complete FAFSA (see [FAFSA</a> - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FAFSA]FAFSA”>FAFSA - Wikipedia)), and you’ll need to do that before you receive an admissions decision.</p>
<p>Hi Sikorsky: Thanks so much for your reply! I guess people did misinform me! Thanks for clearing it up. In addition, thanks for giving me the websites for the Berkeley Financial Aid and Scholarships Office as that will definitely help me when I am a senior!
Thanks again and good luck in your future endeavors! :D</p>
<p>Son was accepted at Berkeley.
Stats- 34 ACT (all parts 33-35). 4.0 unweighted GPA. 13 AP’s and 1 college credit course.
OOS.</p>
<p>Although we agreed to pay, son decided to attend a “safety” private school that offered him full tuition merit and many perks. Lots of other really smart kids on merit awards there too. We are now paying for grad school (3 year program) where son got more than half merit tuition scholarship. Money is out there if you know where to look!</p>
<p>Some safeties for you that I know from my friends that gave there kids great merit money for volunteering: St. Josephs in Philly. Also, Tulane, which gives great merit aid and has a separate application for community service. Friends daughter go about 1/2 merit and other half community service award. Nice if your safeties were financial safeties.</p>
Thanks for clearing it up. In addition, thanks for giving me the websites for the Berkeley Financial Aid and Scholarships Office as that will definitely help me when I am a senior!
Thank you for your insight and advice… it was very helpful! :)</p>