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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is there a reason people feel the need to respond to this post with information not asked about?

- not asking about waitressing or other restaurant work even if moved up
- not asking about lifeguarding
- not asking if a service job helped get into an ivy
- not even asking about types of impressive jobs of teens

Only asked if your kid had an impressive job, did they list on their common app that they got it on own. I think one person in two pages answered it saying no, but a CEO wrote a supplemental LOR about how the kid got the job.[/quote]

Can you describe what you think is an impressive job?  Because, to me, lifeguarding and serving in a restaurant are impressive because they meet real needs.  [/quote]

I mean, I assume you already know if someone says her kid is a lifeguard, you are not thinking, “OMG who does this kid know to get this job??” Meaning, lifeguarding is not what this post is about.

It would mean jobs that are impressive sounding AND could mean something if kid got it on his own. Cold called 100 professors and got a job researching, sent out 200 resumes and works in a news station writing copy, submitted independent research to several physicians and is asked to work in a lab, extensively researched and proposed a new law to a congresswoman which resulted in an internship offer. Something like that…[/quote]

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