Basically, I had no guidance when I did my common app and unintentionally answered the question wrongs. I put the most hours I would do an activity in a week instead of the average. After you add up all my extracurriculars it adds up to
25 hours a week of work, 52 weeks
24 hours of family stuff (caregiving), 52 weeks
8 hours a week of community service, 40 weeks
15 hours a week of sports or training 45 weeks
4 hours a week of clubs, 30 weeks
Which adds up to be an unrealistic amount of hours dedicated per week,!
My question is, If I was accepted into every college I applied to, none being ivy’s or very selective schools. Should I correct this or let it go? It does seem like an unrealistic amount of hours but if my high school transcript says I did all these events just not the hours is it worth bringing this upon myself? I know this was a really dumb mistake but I don’t know whether to correct myself and make myself look like a fool, or let it go since I have already committed
I had thought it meant the most you would do that activity for and how many weeks a year you would do it.
But yes I did get accepted into every school I applied to and my main concern would be if it came up. But i actually did do the events and did them for many hours just misrepresented it unintentionally.
I would let it go. If they had concern, they would have flagged it. btw - many schools have zero concern about ECs and perhaps those are the ones you applied to.
If you want to make the school you plan to attend aware, go ahead - but it’s likely a nothing burger.
It’s very difficult to fill out the hourly commitment accurately (because the table assumes you do the same things for the same number of hours each week), and I suspect admissions officers take those stats with a grain of salt.
