<p>Hi, my name is Natalie and I may be applying to U Chicago ED. I'm not worried about academics or extracurriculars, but I AM worried about volunteer work. On the collegeboard website, U Chicago lists volunteer work as an important factor for admission. I doubt I have more than 50 hours total.</p>
<p>A. summer after freshmen year, around 50 hrs for Red Cross</p>
<p>B. summer after sophmore year, I took college courses at community college. Sociology was 2x week, macroeconomics was 1 or 2 (depended)</p>
<p>C. summer after junior year (now), I work at least 30 hrs per wk, earlier it was 35.</p>
<p>Do you think this hurts my chances at U Chicago??</p>
<p>A simple and firm no.</p>
<p>I doubt it will hurt your chances. Also, UChicago is EA - not ED - so it’s not binding.</p>
<p>This will not keep you from being admitted. I had even less volunteer experience than you do.</p>
<p>sry, I know it’s EA, I’m just used to every other place being ED</p>
<p>It’s not like everybody has the time/means to rack up volunteer hours, and I hope I speak for the admissions office when I say volunteering is something that should come from the heart (or, if you’re doing it with a church group, doing it to be social as well).</p>
<p>The only time I volunteered in high school was in the summer to get my mom off of my back for not doing anything worthwhile. I have put in significantly more volunteer time in college :-)</p>