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The Duke of Ed. certainly seems interesting, but you could accomplish the same things without receiving any sort of award of that type.
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ktel wrote:The Duke of Ed. certainly seems interesting, but you could accomplish the same things without receiving any sort of award of that type. You sure could, but then why not do the program, meet some fancy British royalty, and get an amazing "Gold level" award for your resume?
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Because maybe you never heard of it until now
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I know. But you were saying you could do those same things anyways, which you can, but you wouldn't be getting a certificate for it.
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True. Hopefully you would be receiving other awards/scholarships if you are putting that much effort into things like that.
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Venturer here! :) Accepted to
University of Ottawa: Honors Bachlor of Health Sciences
University of Toronto: Health Sciences
University of Western Ontario: Medical Sciences (Physiology/Pharmacology)
Mcgill University: Life Sciences
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Can't wait to start the Duke of Ed. bronze award. It seems to be only 10 hrs+ volunteering / teaching others under a 6 month span. Applied to:
- Western BMOS [Accepted] +(AEO) [Accepted]
- Queen's Commerce
- Schulich iBBA [Accepted]
- Rotman Commerce
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Super wrote:Can't wait to start the Duke of Ed. bronze award. It seems to be only 10 hrs+ volunteering / teaching others under a 6 month span. It's only 15 and that's a minimum. I did well over 600 hours a year when I was doing the Duke Programme.
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ARMY101 wrote:Super wrote:Can't wait to start the Duke of Ed. bronze award. It seems to be only 10 hrs+ volunteering / teaching others under a 6 month span. It's only 15 and that's a minimum. I did well over 600 hours a year when I was doing the Duke Programme. You are far over-dedicated to EC's. How were your school marks? How is that even possible? 600? Did you really do that many or did you only write those down because it's required for the award? Applied to:
- Western BMOS [Accepted] +(AEO) [Accepted]
- Queen's Commerce
- Schulich iBBA [Accepted]
- Rotman Commerce
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Super wrote:ARMY101 wrote:Super wrote:Can't wait to start the Duke of Ed. bronze award. It seems to be only 10 hrs+ volunteering / teaching others under a 6 month span. It's only 15 and that's a minimum. I did well over 600 hours a year when I was doing the Duke Programme. You are far over-dedicated to EC's. How were your school marks? How is that even possible? 600? Did you really do that many or did you only write those down because it's required for the award? I graduated high school with a 90% average. I was also working 2 jobs in high school. 600 hours a year is only 12 hours a week. I was the highest possible position in army cadets (Regimental Sergeant Major) so I was in for 4 hours on Wednesdays, every Sunday for 8 hours, and every Monday for 3 or 4 hours. Also, for the summers I was away for 6 weeks straight, which I didn't even count.
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ARMY101 wrote:Super wrote:ARMY101 wrote:Super wrote:Can't wait to start the Duke of Ed. bronze award. It seems to be only 10 hrs+ volunteering / teaching others under a 6 month span. It's only 15 and that's a minimum. I did well over 600 hours a year when I was doing the Duke Programme. You are far over-dedicated to EC's. How were your school marks? How is that even possible? 600? Did you really do that many or did you only write those down because it's required for the award? I graduated high school with a 90% average. I was also working 2 jobs in high school. 600 hours a year is only 12 hours a week. I was the highest possible position in army cadets (Regimental Sergeant Major) so I was in for 4 hours on Wednesdays, every Sunday for 8 hours, and every Monday for 3 or 4 hours. Also, for the summers I was away for 6 weeks straight, which I didn't even count. 12 hours a week. That's obsessive. /end discussion Applied to:
- Western BMOS [Accepted] +(AEO) [Accepted]
- Queen's Commerce
- Schulich iBBA [Accepted]
- Rotman Commerce
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Super wrote:ARMY101 wrote:Super wrote:ARMY101 wrote:Super wrote:Can't wait to start the Duke of Ed. bronze award. It seems to be only 10 hrs+ volunteering / teaching others under a 6 month span. It's only 15 and that's a minimum. I did well over 600 hours a year when I was doing the Duke Programme. You are far over-dedicated to EC's. How were your school marks? How is that even possible? 600? Did you really do that many or did you only write those down because it's required for the award? I graduated high school with a 90% average. I was also working 2 jobs in high school. 600 hours a year is only 12 hours a week. I was the highest possible position in army cadets (Regimental Sergeant Major) so I was in for 4 hours on Wednesdays, every Sunday for 8 hours, and every Monday for 3 or 4 hours. Also, for the summers I was away for 6 weeks straight, which I didn't even count. 12 hours a week. That's obsessive. /end discussion It was cadets and I was the highest ranking cadet there. I loved it and it clearly gave me a substantial claim for EC commitments.
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ARMY101 wrote:Super wrote:ARMY101 wrote:Super wrote:ARMY101 wrote:Super wrote:Can't wait to start the Duke of Ed. bronze award. It seems to be only 10 hrs+ volunteering / teaching others under a 6 month span. It's only 15 and that's a minimum. I did well over 600 hours a year when I was doing the Duke Programme. You are far over-dedicated to EC's. How were your school marks? How is that even possible? 600? Did you really do that many or did you only write those down because it's required for the award? I graduated high school with a 90% average. I was also working 2 jobs in high school. 600 hours a year is only 12 hours a week. I was the highest possible position in army cadets (Regimental Sergeant Major) so I was in for 4 hours on Wednesdays, every Sunday for 8 hours, and every Monday for 3 or 4 hours. Also, for the summers I was away for 6 weeks straight, which I didn't even count. 12 hours a week. That's obsessive. /end discussion It was cadets and I was the highest ranking cadet there. I loved it and it clearly gave me a substantial claim for EC commitments. I knew I should have stayed with Cadets. I was 11 at the time... saying that I was 13. The head, of the Army Cadets, said I was underage and I could join right on my 13th birthday but ever since that, I couldn't find where they had meetings. Applied to:
- Western BMOS [Accepted] +(AEO) [Accepted]
- Queen's Commerce
- Schulich iBBA [Accepted]
- Rotman Commerce
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12 hours a week isn't too much, average of 2 hours a day. I probably spent at least that during high school on ECs. Two sports teams was about 6 hours a week alone and then 6 hours of meetings for events I was organizing.
In university during my varsity rugby season I spend minimum 15 hours a week dedicated to training, not to mention weekends away.
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Are you guys insane? 2 hours a day of EC's? How long since you've graduated HS? I think expectations has decreased significantly. Applied to:
- Western BMOS [Accepted] +(AEO) [Accepted]
- Queen's Commerce
- Schulich iBBA [Accepted]
- Rotman Commerce
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Super wrote:Are you guys insane? 2 hours a day of EC's?
How long since you've graduated HS? I think expectations has decreased significantly. I never did 2 hours a day of EC's; I posted my schedule above, which was pretty much 3 days a week of 2-6 hours. Hardly difficult, considering I also maintained 2 jobs.
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I graduated high school in 2007. And got some killer scholarships in my first year and throughout university. Definitely paid off for me.
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Really like to brag, huh Army :p Accepted to
University of Ottawa: Honors Bachlor of Health Sciences
University of Toronto: Health Sciences
University of Western Ontario: Medical Sciences (Physiology/Pharmacology)
Mcgill University: Life Sciences
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StudentAtStPats wrote:Really like to brag, huh Army :p Not at all. I'm very modest.
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Super wrote:Are you guys insane? 2 hours a day of EC's?
Are you kidding me? You can have EC's before school, at lunch, after school and after dinner. I had 15 hours of EC's during the school week this year (15 hours over 5 days). I also practice flute a lot! I also volunteer 2h/week as an ESL tutor, 1hr/week at a Sunday school for little kids and 2hr/week as a Brownie leader. I maintained a 95% average this year, which was up from a 89% last year. Maybe my case is special because I don't have a "job". I make money by babysitting, playing at weddings (and other events, but most of my gigs are weddings) and by teaching flute. That makes my schedule more flexible, I suppose. I like working that way. However, I will get a part time "actual job" after grade 12 just for the summer. After I relocate for university, I'll be able to get another job! PS...I'd love to be a page. I'm bilingual, very interested in politics and I promise that I would never bring a "Stop Harper" sign to work.
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