I volunteered about 400 hours this summer. Yeah there went my entire summer.
I was wondering, does it look better when you apply for college to put that you volunteered for 4 hours a week for 100 weeks? Or does it look better to write you volunteered 40 hours a week for 10 weeks?
Do they like to see you do a little at a time over a longer period of time, or do they like to see that you put in a lot of effort and did a lot at once?
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Posted 01 September 2006 - 05:41 PM
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Posted 01 September 2006 - 06:07 PM
QUOTE(singerchick @ Sep 1 2006, 06:41 PM) 
I volunteered about 400 hours this summer. Yeah there went my entire summer.
I was wondering, does it look better when you apply for college to put that you volunteered for 4 hours a week for 100 weeks? Or does it look better to write you volunteered 40 hours a week for 10 weeks?
Do they like to see you do a little at a time over a longer period of time, or do they like to see that you put in a lot of effort and did a lot at once?
MAJOR JEALOUSY HERE... i wasted my ENTIRE summer, btw... 
i think colleges want to see that you are committed for a long period of time.. so i would go with the 4 hours per week in 100 weeks...
but... where the heck did you volunteer at?! i only got started at the Red Cross... TODAY... GOD i feel like such a FAILURE... are you a SENIOR btw?!!
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Posted 01 September 2006 - 06:42 PM
QUOTE(jjessiessong @ Sep 1 2006, 06:07 PM)
MAJOR JEALOUSY HERE... i wasted my ENTIRE summer, btw... i think colleges want to see that you are committed for a long period of time.. so i would go with the 4 hours per week in 100 weeks...
but... where the heck did you volunteer at?! i only got started at the Red Cross... TODAY... GOD i feel like such a FAILURE... are you a SENIOR btw?!!
Yeah, I'm a senior and I had no volunteer hours whatsoever, so I had to cram.
I volunteered at a community church
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Posted 01 September 2006 - 08:33 PM
you reminded me of my friend who volunteered 8 hrs a day for 3 weeks.
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