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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]

Yes, but self reported and people will inflate and lie.[/quote]

But at a certain point, the math can't add up if kids inflate it.

7 hours school
6 hours sleep
2 hours commute/eat/shower (and that assumes close school, quick shower, eat on the run)
2 hours homework (at least.  Often my kid has 4 hours and/or is really front loading the weekend)

that leaves 7 hours for all those other activities: sports which is 2-3 hours, a job which i am guessing has a minimum 4 hour shift, cats apparently take a lot...

Math that doesn't add up to a 24 hour day would be a red flag, right?

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You realize kids don’t work or volunteer every day right?  And most clubs don’t meet every day. Sport is most days, but not every sport is a 4 hour/day commitment. At my kid’s school, field hockey is 4-6, M-Th and 90% of the games are on a weekday. Most kids attend clubs before practice or over lunch. [/quote]

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