<p>I'm trying to get a sense of how common volunteering is among ivy applicants, so how long have you guys been volunteering?</p>
<p>and how many hours total do you guys have? where do you volunteer?</p>
<p>anyone know how much P'ton cares about volunteering as opposed to work experience?</p>
<p>I have heard that volunteer work is important in the admissions process. It wont get you in, but ive heard it is really frowned upon if an applicant does not spend any time doing volunteer work. </p>
<p>How many hours do you have? I have I guess somewhere around 250.</p>
<p>my guess is somewhere around 200-300</p>
<p>I don't really record mine (other than for CAS hours), but I'd guess around 350-400ish</p>
<p>windslicer u ib? nice.
my 250th post. yay</p>
<p>i have around 250.</p>
<p>lol thats so unfair how u guys kill 2 birds w/ 1 stone and knock down volunteer reqs w/ ib progs. i volunteer at the hospital, cuz its fun. (University Medical Center at Princeton) lol <----would that help that its p'ton??</p>
<p>Of course it'll help :P If the admissions officers ever need to have a checkup, you could surreptitiously plug yourself when admitting them, lol</p>
<p>And I don't do any of my volunteering for IB, lol. Talk to my CAS coordinator, she's always bugging me to record more of my hours and I'm like, "I'm busy enough as it is!"</p>
<p>LOLOLOL windslicer i am so in same situation....i have none of my hours logged but i can't seem to find the time to get the signatures and evaluations and write up answers to the CAS packet...</p>
<p>i have volunteer hours, but they're not all consistent.</p>
<p>for example, i only have 20 hours at the public library and 20 hours at a local hospital, but i have 267 hours at a nursing home. is it bad that i dont have a lot of hours at the library and hospital?</p>
<p>you guys really need to explain to me what exactly volunteer hours are? lol (international and ignorant)</p>
<p>its how many hours over your high school career you have spent volunteering.</p>
<p>Its sort a big deal b/c different programs and high schools require you volunteer a certain number of hours to graduate</p>
<p>well jerseygirl, did you include the 2 smaller VOLUNTEER gigs on your app?</p>
<p>lol don't they ask you hrs/week, weeks/year?? what did you put? that u did it for like 5 days?</p>
<p>We need a post to see how many people on here are IB. Pretty much all the people on here have to be IB because non-IB kids wouldnt be this crazy.</p>
<p>Haha, us crazy IB kids and our volunteering prowess..</p>
<p>I have like, 8 hours of Habitat for Humanity. Gogo not helping people? :/</p>
<p>~700 or so.</p>
<p>DAMN 700?!?! I have like...200.
I suddenly feel inadequate lol.</p>
<p>ok letsee, ive been volunteering 6 hrs a week, 52 weeks per yr, since freshman year. u guys do the math :)</p>
<p>what? you have 1200 hours of community service?</p>