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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is my daughter’s list. She is a lot more motivated than I am!

Fall/Spring sports all 4 years, plus winter training
Volunteers 2x month doing food distribution 
Foster kittens (lots of time involved in this)
Member of a county wide board
Social media manager for one club
President of Model UN
Secretary for another club
Tutoring through English Honor Society
Member of a few other clubs
Works part time
Volunteers for student government projects at school 
Member of a district wide advisory committee. [/quote]

Wow!  My DC will have a much smaller list. The main activity demands 16-20 hours a week year round. There just isn’t enough time with school in the way. :p[/quote]

I think colleges looking at a list like pp’s will tend to assume her commitment to most of the activities was fairly minimal, maybe an hour or two a month at most. [/quote]

Good news! The common app makes applicants calculate how many hours per week, how many weeks a year, and how many years (high school only).[/quote]

Maybe but they'll catch on when a kid (like previous poster's) says she does extracurriculars for 40 hours a week. 
Yes, but self reported and people will inflate and lie.[/quote][/quote]

DP. I don't see pp saying 40hrs anywhere but could have missed it.

I would say mine spent 25-40 hours/week between all the extra stuff. Not always the same schedule,  but, yeah, pretty much that amount. Did love some of the activities, but definitely dealt with anxiety issues between the amount, the feeling like something always needed more (and the unwillingness to drop more). Hoping they can relax more in college![/quote]

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