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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]On my DD’s Common App she listed a specific activity that is a 501c3 she formed a few years ago. Out of no where, she is recently getting emails to this organization’s address asking questions about the entity? Do AOs check activities? Could this be the colleges she applied to checking up on her?[/quote]

I think 501c3s are something that AOs check up on, and rightfully so. A minor can't start one without an adult's help (because they're too young to sign contracts). Most 501c3s started by high schoolers don't need to exist (they're duplicating work already being done in the community; a more productive use of time and resources is generally just to fundraise) so they're often seen as something students are doing only for their college applications. And face it: most are. Go look at some of the 501c3s started by students who graduated from your high school 2-5 years ago. Are any of them still in operation? Or did they shut down at the same time the founder headed off to college?

But I'm sure this is not the case with your daughter.[/quote]

Exactly! How is this even seen as a plus during applications? A few years ago it seemed like students were volunteering in developing countries but it doesn’t seem like AO give kids much credit for that. Now so many kids are starting useless nonprofits. I will take the kid who has worked hours in a minimum wage job. That is easily verifiable. [/quote]

Let's say my friend owns Mcdonald and gives my DS a fake job there.  How are they going to know?[/quote]

What do you mean by "giving DS fake job"?  Has your DS worked at McDonald?   [/quote]

Not Mcdonald but I once gave my neighbor's kid a "fake" IT help desk job at my company so that he could put it on his college application.  The AO did actually call me to verify and I told them he has been working for me since he was a high school freshman, and that he was my best employee.  He got two offers from Ivies.  This is so easily rigged, LOL....[/quote]

You seem to LOL a lot. Is that nervous laughter to cover your shame? Why proud of helping a kid cheat by lying? I don't get this.[/quote]

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