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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC high stats from magnet, SAT 1600, GPA 4.0 UW, 4.78 W, 7 AP's with all 5's and one 4, school club leader, founder of a national non profit rejected from Princeton and top public schools, accepted into UMD honors. 
What is wrong with this profile? Got deferred from a couple other top public schools. So far UMD is the only one in hand. [/quote]

It could be that the essays or recommendations weren’t compelling. [/quote]

It could also be that everyone in the industry has clued into the "founder of a national nonprofit" move at this point.

Half of my kid's class at Sidwell/NCS/GDS has "founded a nonprofit," and "national" just means they have a website with links to relevant things outside of your state.

Colleges know what you're doing here.  think harder.[/quote]

Plus, if you are founding a new nonprofit serving the same needs as existing one, you are diluting the pool when you should just be volunteering. It's a negative.[/quote]

Schools have definitely become wiser towards “bought experiences” but they still have a ways to go. to me “founded a national nonprofit” should mean “I have a 501c3 chartered by my state and here’s my name and not my parents or uncles name on a 990.”

In other words almost nobody has legitimately done this [/quote]

I know a parent who runs a charity that claims it was founded and run by the kid. The parent isn't very subtle -- she signs the kid's name, but all the emails go to her, and she manages everything. She was probably savvy enough to put the charity paperwork in the kid's name, though. I really hope this is the anomaly. Also, FWIW, the kid does a lot and is a beacon of service, but her mom clearly runs the charity. There is a running joke amongst people who know this family what will happen to the charity after Larla gets accepted to Harvard. Though, in this climate, that is no longer a given.[/quote]

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