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What exactly do you want to talk about in regards to EC?
Really I wanted to ask if my volunteer EC is okay. I have like 80 hours working in a food pantry, 100 hours in a hospital and over 600 hours mentoring freshman to retain their scholarship. I'm afraid the mentoring freshman thing may not be as great because its not helping the less fortunate. I guess what I want to know is, should I worry about this or find the closest free clinic and work my tail off getting more hours before matriculation?
Side note: I'm still going to volunteer, I love doing it, but I want to know if it should be heavy in helping the less fortunate or if I could explore other volunteer options?
Your hours are fine. Do you have any shadowing?
75 and counting, Im going to get more during this application cycle.
Get in at least 25 more and you'll be good to go.
Your EC hours look great. Schools will love seeing that you stayed committed in a few areas rather than hopping from activity to activity.
The "helping the less fortunate" stigma doesn't have to apply to every extracurricular activity you do. I spent my freshman year doing heavy volunteering, including working with an organization at a medical institute, but since then, most of my EC's have involved student leader work (organizing and managing programs for a cohort, supervising orientation activities, etc.).
The "helping the less fortunate" stigma doesn't have to apply to every extracurricular activity you do. I spent my freshman year doing heavy volunteering, including working with an organization at a medical institute, but since then, most of my EC's have involved student leader work (organizing and managing programs for a cohort, supervising orientation activities, etc.).
