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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Disagree with PP, I think your child has done something quite uncommon and wonderful. He's not the only high schooler creating apps and selling them, but he's part of a much smaller group than my son, loaded up on APs, as you said :-)

He definitely needs to write about his career in his essays. Something really thoughtful about how his entrepreneurship has made him grow as a person, develop a work ethic in the real world and made him ready for college and beyond.

All applications will have the space for details about his work, but the clincher is the essay, because it's the only way for him to show how he thinks about his career. He MUST include the dollar amounts and as many factual details as he can, to make convincing and show this isn't piddling money.

If he has gotten to know one or two professionals well, perhaps they can write a letter of recommendation for him, to add to the ones from his teachers. 
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Ok so the essay portion will speak to this? I am concerned they will be glossed over. We've also talked to him about using some of his earnings towards a college admission counselor which are sometimes in the 5k range. We just feel the admissions process is overlooking his situation. His sats are also very good in the mid 1500s. Its just odd as 30 years a go the test scores alone would guarantee admission but it seems that things have changed especially with all the test optional things going on.[/quote]

Your language suggests that it's the job of the readers to notice him: you want to "make sure colleges notice this, and he doesn't get lost in the mix." You wonder if "the essay portion will speak to this?" The short answer: it's your son's job to make his accomplishments clear to the readers of the application. If he has relevant honors, he needs to explain them. If this was his primary extracurricular, he needs to explain that. If this was a major part of his life (and explains why he wasn't doing other activities or taking harder classes), he can elaborate in the essays. It's his responsibility to make it clear to the readers, who indeed might not know that he is at the level of being able to be hired for his work.

That said, you all should remember that the colleges are looking at what he has to offer to the college. They're not interested in hiring him as an entry level developer.[/quote]
First off, I am asking what will get him noticed as I am concerned that the admissions process is going to miss the exceptional aspects, perhaps I think they are but maybe you don't. I am also willing to hire an admissions consultant to help with the essay. As for what he offers to the college, I would think that being someone who has the potential to build something with the right group of classmates such as a new app or something else. I am not claiming he is going to be the next zuckerburg or google but I would think that colleges would be interested in the possibility of someone like that.[/quote]

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