<p>Is volunteer hours a big part of college application? For example, if one doesn't have much volunteer hours but many other ec's, is that ok?</p>
<p>I'd like to get some opinions on this too.</p>
<p>as long as your involved with something you're fine. it doesnt have to be volunteering.</p>
<p>lol, my mom thinks I'm doomed for every scholarship out there because volunteering isn't my number one EC interest.</p>
<p>Actually, if you look at different college profiles on the College Board website, many say that volunteer work / community service is only "slightly" considered.</p>
<p>Would 100 hrs of volunteering be inadequate?</p>
<p>I don't think anything is "inadequate." It really depends on what it was, what you got out of it, and what the community got out of it.</p>
<p>I'm going to be a junior this year (starting Tuesday), and for Key Club, I have contributed almost 250 hours thus far. Assuming I double that over the next two years, how would that look? How much would it help?</p>
<p>well, I have not even included how many hours ive done at key club. I have over 250 just by volunteering at a hospital. Try to do more outside volunteering as well as club volunteering. Its up to you. However, volunteer for something you truly love, and would like to see a change in. Good Luck ;)</p>
<p>Thanks. I've done that as well.</p>
<p>Community service is never inadequate!</p>
<p>Unless you eff up something and make people miserable - in which case you should get hours subtracted.</p>
<p>has everyone recorded the hours they have worked in school clubs? For out of school volunteering, I help out at bigbrothers/bigsisters....I am thinking about volunteering at the YMCA also for the childwatch program....is this looked down upon because it is not a non-profit organization?</p>
<p>If volunteering interests you, go for it. If it doesn't, don't. You'd be surprised at how many volunteer opportunities fit your interests. Try: <a href="http://www.volunteermatch.org%5B/url%5D">http://www.volunteermatch.org</a></p>
<p>Volunteering can't hurt (unless you spend so much time on it that your grades slip). I had to do 90 hours as a graduation requirement. Definitely only bother with it if you're going to actually put effort into it, though, because then you'll actually get something out of it (besides padding your transcript)</p>
<p>I think it's sad that my area only requires a minimum of 36 hours to graduate.</p>
<p>90 hours is too long though...kids wind up volunteering places that are "easy" and/or reputed for padding your hours sheet, rendering the whole thing entirely useless to everyone.</p>
<p>my school doesn't require any volunteering....what did you do to volunteer applejacksoup?</p>
<p>I worked at a local hospital. It's a good place to go because there was a lot of different types of work there and you could do shifts, or take flexible hours...but that hospital happened to have a very good volunteer program.</p>
<p>applejacksoup, you're right, the hospital you volunteered at does sound like it has a good volunteer program. I was really hoping that I would be able to do helpful stuff at the hospital that I volunteered at, but I ended up being more in the way than I was helpful. I ended up quitting after 2 months because I was doing literally nothing for 4 hours. It's not even worth putting on a college app.</p>
<p>I would volunteer at a hospital but I have not interest in medicine what-so-ever....I don't want to give colleges the impression that I am just volunteering to "pad my resume" as you put it, but its hard to find things that truly interest me and that need volunteer help.</p>