I got admitted to one of my top choices, but now I’m really worried that I will get rescinded. On my common app, I put that I was a board member in a nonprofit org (all accurate). The problem is that I didn’t know how hours were to be inputted, so I assumed it was for the senior year (since I had to put in number of weeks for the whole year). So, I projected my hours after asking the org how many meetings I could expect to occur before summer, and since I’m required basically to attend them as a board member, I put down the expected hours and moved on. Now, the board (full of seniors) isn’t actually holding any meetings, despite my best efforts to initiate them. Now, I’m in the position where the hours that I projected will be completely inaccurate. I feel really guilty about it and worried that I’ll get rescinded over something that I didn’t mean with bad intentions. I feel like emailing the office will make me seem disingenuous as I should have brought it up earlier. What should I do?
No one is going to rescind your acceptance based on estimated community service hours. They won’t even ask about this. After you graduate, you’re supposed to send your final transcripts. That’s it. (And you can send AP scores if you have them, but that’s up to you and wouldn’t affect enrollment).
The only things that could result in rescinded acceptance would be an unacceptable decline in your grades (which you could at least appeal) or maybe a felony conviction. That’s it.
I tend to overthink unfortunately. Thanks for the response!
Congratulations!
Non-profits and board memberships are way overdone, so I doubt that was a determining factor in your admissions decision. So just stay put - you have nothing to worry about.
Nothing to worry about. Colleges have realized that the high school non-profit is just the latest incarnation of the pricey high school “mission trip” to impoverished regions of Central America to do unskilled labor in “support” of impoverished people. No need to inform your school of the change in projected hours spent sitting on the board of the non-profit. Believe me, your participation in this activity likely had very little to do with your acceptance; its falling apart will not cause you to be rescinded.
Do nothing. The EC hours you put on the application was a good faith best guess estimate and things just didn’t go as expected. That happens in life. You are fine.
And congrats on the admit!
Thanks!
Another thing I forgot to mention is that I wrote a supplemental essay for this school about the non-profit. Even though my essay was 100% accurate, I feel like it puts the activity at a higher pedestal and so they wouldn’t be lenient with this unintentional complete overestimate of hours.
It is fine. Move on from thinking about this.
Your projected volunteer hours isn’t what got you accepted. Stop worrying!
If I were to hypothetically be flagged for this, would my reasoning be accepted? Would appreciate if anyone involved at least indirectly with the process let me know.
Please just stop. Nobody will care.
And for the record if anyone questions the EC hours (and they won’t) just tell the truth and it will be fine.
You’ve been told over and over that this doesn’t matter, that you were honest in how you filled out the application, that the falling apart of the non-profit was beyond your control, and that the college does not care about this.
If you cannot let this go, it’s time to consider whether this is a manifestation of an anxiety disorder, and consider whether you need help with it.
This question has been sufficiently answered.