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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP well done to your kid. The impact is normally if they've shown commitment over the years, to one cause (one or two) that has a particular meaning to them / their potential career, if at all possible. Volunteering at the same church every weekend for 5 yrs, that kind of thing.

To the poster looking for hours for their 8th grader there used to be some very good programs offered during the summer camps at the following places

Kid Museum Bethesda
Sidwell Summer
Landon summer

Both my kids were able to fulfill their minimum req'd hours for graduation by the end of 6th grade, which was helpful given Covid hit them in the middle of 7th grade. [/quote]

In addition to those 3, I think many other summer camps offer these... will try this out with my son starting this summer (they usually need to be 14.) For summer camp, it's 30-40 hrs a week. I think that's one of the ways to rack up a lot of hours while doing something actually useful. As opposed to... writing cards to kids in the hospital (do we know if those kids really appreciate getting all those cards from middle schoolers? According to my son, it's one of the easy ways to pad your hours - each card takes 10 min to write officially, but actually kids write one every 1-2 minutes.)

In general, I agree with PP regarding this requirement. Among other things, I think of anything, it adds to inequality... kids with well off parents get more opportunities, it's another way for the "rich to get richer" by padding their college apps.[/quote]

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