Community Service Hours

Northstarmom
Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:02:08 +0000

Most colleges don’t use ECs including CS as part of admissions, but may use that info for merit aid.

The colleges that most use ECs, CS as part of admissions are the ones like HPYS that have such a high number of high stat applicants that the colleges can afford to pick and choose from that pool to find students who’ll most contribute to an active, diverse campus.

For such colleges, impact of ECs, CS is what’s impressive, not the number of hours that one has put in. A student who put in 100 hours creating and organizing a CS project like a fundraiser would be more impressive than a student who racked up 800 hours picking up trash and simply doing what they were told.