Is a job during the school year good or bad?

[Anonymous]

Summer jobs only in my house. They have to save some for spending money during the school year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hear re: college admission, a paying job is looked on more favorably than enrichment experiences rich parents pay for. However, for working, I'd rather it's done in the summer not school year.

Of course, but only assuming all things are equal or you have a poverty background. But a regular middle and upper middle class kid working at the ice cream shop doesn't excuse a lower GPA and SAT score.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hear re: college admission, a paying job is looked on more favorably than enrichment experiences rich parents pay for. However, for working, I'd rather it's done in the summer not school year.

Of course, but only assuming all things are equal or you have a poverty background. But a regular middle and upper middle class kid working at the ice cream shop doesn't excuse a lower GPA and SAT score.

I think it depends on how much lower. If it's a difference between a 4.0 with no job or activity and a 3.8 or so with several, I'm not sure it's so clear-cut. Lower than about a 3.75 I would tend to agree.