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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The trouble with the argument that these kids who set up do-gooder nonprofits--bogus though they perhaps may be--are the go-getters, is that the parents or expensive hired advisors are actually the drivers and facilitators of these enterprises. The whole teenage nonprofit craze started after the head of admissions at Harvard put out a letter saying they were going to start weighing character heavily in admissions decisions, and the rest of the highly selective places largely follow their lead. [/quote]

What I don't get though is why they set up a new non profit. There are plenty of pre existing charities where the student can go and volunteer eg food donation programs, coding for girls, collecting used eye glasses, tutoring. I'd love for admissions officers to turn around and ask the student why they didn't join the volunteer team at AFAC or Martha's Table, and why they thought they as a 17 year old could do better than established charities

The other thing that gets me is the kids that get patents, usually in the same industry as mom or dad. Once they get to college, the drive for more patents seems to quickly disappear.[/quote]

If they show up to help Martha’s Table they will be one of hundreds of volunteers. Since they are 16, nobody will put them in charge of anything. They will be part of a system. They will have to be humble and start at the bottom and learn how things work.

If they start their own org they get to be CEO and SHOW LEADERSHIP AND INITIATIVE, they are in charge and may even have volunteers to boss around.

If the school values the BIG TITLE over the actual impact, then it works.

If the school cares about actual impact then it doesn’t.

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Yeah, but we know that the CEO role is nonsense. They're only doing this because their parents or college advisor told them to.[/quote]

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