I have been doing research with the same professor for almost 2 years. At certain times (during summer, during year off) I was working 25 hrs/ week but at other times (school year) I was working about 5 hrs/week. What would I state for hours/week? Should I average the hours out? Also, when people say that they have been research for 2 years with 20hrs/week, I find that kind of hard to believe because there will be times when you are taking breaks in between.
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Yes, you average it out.
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The "hours/week" field is not required, and you do not have to fill it. I had a similar situation, and at the beginning of the description for my research entry I wrote:
A few breaks is completely understandable for winter/spring breaks and potentially taking a week or two off for personal reasons or whatever. Saying you worked for 2 years doesn't mean you had to work the same number of hours every single week for 104 weeks. It's a close estimate.
I disagree, unless he then explains the breakdown in the description. Simply averaging out the hours/week between semester and summer/year off gives a very inaccurate representation of how he spent his time.
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