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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid satisfied all their HS volunteering during the Summer prior to freshman year.

None of it was listed in the activities section for college because it happened before Freshman year.

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New poster, but just to clarify for upcoming applicants, summer before ninth grade counts as part of ninth grade for college admissions, so it's fine to include activities and volunteering from that summer on the Common App.[/quote]

Maybe…but my kid had tons of other things to list, so was advised to list the more prominent and recent activities to fill up the 10 things.

If any space remained, then this probably would have been mentioned.[/quote]
If your kid had that many strong activities, the lack of including volunteering probably didn’t matter. [/quote]

The PP’s point stands. A student may list activities they participated in during the summer before their freshman year as high school activities in their college application. Whether those activities fit into the list is a separate question.

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