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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A unifying theme among ED admits from our Big 3 school (those that have posted their ED to social media) seems to be that they "started a nonprofit." One or two I have seen seem fulsome and ongoing. Others, not so much.

Is this the latest "angle" parents in the DMV are encouraging?

Good works, even if done for a short period of time, are still worthwhile.  And not all efforts will be successful.  But anecdotally, it is curious.  
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It isn't just nonprofits. Kids are packaged as "entrepreneurs" as well.[/quote]

Yeah -- seeing this a lot.  And I agree with the prior poster who described it as "gross."  It's worse than much of the 'voluntourism' out there.  In this case, the kids generally are using the experience for an admissions edge.[/quote]

I don't see it as gross. I see it as smart. Not all started a business for the sole purpose of getting into college. Some did it because they were tired of getting rejections when applying to jobs so they created their own opportunity.

My kid started her own business when she was 14 almost 15. No one wanted to hire her since she was under 16. She heard it over and over: apply again in a year; we only hire 16 and up. She's a talented artist and gifted her bff a pair of hand-painted shoes. That friend's cousin loved them and asked if she could pay DD to paint her a pair for her quince. More kids asked to pay for custom shoes and then when she was 16, she created an LLC when a video of her product went somewhat viral and she was inundated with orders.

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