{"id":2372,"date":"2014-07-23t10:00:35","date_gmt":"2014-07-23t17:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/sat\/?p=2372"},"modified":"2021-01-06t14:24:55","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06t22:24:55","slug":"volunteercommunity-service-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/gen\/volunteercommunity-service-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"volunteer\/community service hours"},"content":{"rendered":"
time-consuming, sometimes difficult, and often complained about, community service hours are a notorious section on college applications. for many of us, it pretty much feels like\u2026<\/p>\n
in this post i\u2019ve done my best to create an overview of community service on college applications, as well as several tips to making the most of your community service.<\/p>\n
each application has slightly different input sections, but you can bet that community service will show up in one form or another. below i\u2019ve gone through the two main applications for california students (the common app<\/a> and the uc app<\/a>) but keep in mind that many colleges have individualized applications that won\u2019t look exactly alike.<\/p>\n the common application<\/strong> limits you to 10 \u201cactivity\u201d slots, in which you record pretty much anything and everything you\u2019ve done during high school. the drop down options for the first blank listed below should give you a good idea of what goes into these slots: <\/p>\n the uc application<\/strong> has a slightly different approach to community service hours. amongst many others, the uc app has two separate sections for \u201cvolunteer & community service\u201d and \u201cextracurricular activities\u201d. each has five blanks that look somewhat like this:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1. pick an activity you love, freshman year.<\/strong> ideally this is the service activity that you will continue for all four years of high school, so it should be something you\u2019re passionate about. on that track, don\u2019t limit yourself to traditional service organizations or interests. if you like math and want to tutor with your national honors society then that\u2019s great, but you can also volunteer at conventions or renaissance fairs, volunteer to take meals to an elderly neighbor next door, or create a club for another service project entirely of your own invention.<\/p>\n 4. college verification.<\/strong> i have never heard of any college independently verifying how many service hours a student actually worked for, but it\u2019s a good idea to get a paper recording how many hours you worked total at the end of your service time signed by the person in charge (just in case).<\/p>\n overall, good luck on your community service! please comment below if you have any other questions on getting your hours, or how you will record them in your college applications.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n photo credit: meme<\/a> \/ gif 1<\/a> \/ gif 2<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" time-consuming, sometimes difficult, and often complained about, community service hours are a notorious section on college applications. for many of us, it pretty much feels like\u2026 but when should you start volunteering? what kind of activity should it be? and most importantly, how will they show up on your college application? in this post i\u2019ve […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[24896],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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other tips on community service<\/h2>\n