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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our child graduated from MCPS in 2022 with 1500 + SSL hours.  No doubt in my mind that those hours, along with 4 years of high school leadership activities, is what got child accepted to UMD.  Many classmates with higher GPAs and more AP classes were rejected. Universities (even huge ones like Maryland) need students who will participate in campus life.  A high number of SSL hours shows commitment to involvement in one’s community.  It matters.  We require all our children to complete at least enough SSL hours to earn the “purple tassel”.  Colleges are so wildly competitive these days, strong academics just are not enough.  [/quote]T5

Similarly, one of my kids had just under 1000 hours. However, the point is not the logged hours, it's the volunteer work itself. IME, at this level individual students are dedicating time to one specific activity, so it's the specific volunteer work that gets played up in the application as it's one of their major EC's. So, if you have a kid who is doing a big sport or musical instrument, etc, probably they wouldn't have time for this. For my kid, they were accepted to a T5 LAC and the acceptance letter specifically mentioned DC's dedication to service. So, it can help, but it's not about just the hours, per se.[/quote]

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