Stupid application questions... hours/week worked

[Cheeks]

no, i wasn't adding it on my applications ... it was in response to what absy said.

[M2]

thanks...just clarifying... i wanted to make sure i didn't screw up

[Anti_Ivy]

I'll encounter a similar dilemma next fall, when I apply:  I will graduate college in less than four years.  Technically, my 'freshman year' consisted of my having the fall semester as a freshman and the spring semester as a sophomore.  I figure I'll just consider my first semester my 'freshman year' and my second semester will be my 'sophomore year.'  If any of the law school ad coms have a problem with that, that’s their own problem.  The apps shouldn't ask such a question and not allow us to explain in detail.

Also, I'm considering my unpaid internships as 'employment.'

Some apps asks Approximate number of hours per week worked for the following years:
Freshman
Sophmore
Junior
Senior

Well during freshman year I worked from November to July. So how do I answer this question?
Tell how many when I was working? get the total and average for the whole school year? (seems silly).


How are you guys answering this?

[M2]

Also, I'm considering my unpaid internships as 'employment.'[/color]

You dont think that this is unethical?

[cascagrossa]

does employment have to be paid?  i have a summer job with a real estate firm that i got on my own, it was not set up through a university or anything, but it is unpaid.  why would it be wrong to list it as employment?

[Cheeks]

i personally think that listing unpaid employment is fine (though i don't include it on my app).  Schools are concerned with what else you were doing during school.  As long as you were actually working, and not just sitting around watching tv or something, then I would consider it fine to put on an application.

Some schools specifically say "Employment (paid or unpaid)" so you're good to go on those apps.

[cascagrossa]

and ive never seen an application specify "paid employment" only.  im listing that work because without it i would just have a huge blank summer which would lead the adcoms to believe i sat on my ass for 3months which isnt true.

[M2]

But then will you still list it under EC/volunteer?
This is the part I wasn't sure of

[cascagrossa]

no, i dont count that as ec or volunteer.  ec is stuff like martial arts, and clubs in college.

[M2]

I didn't even think to include EC's like martial arts...can we include that??