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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Meaning, you know the owner of a McDonald's and you ask them if your kid can claim to work there for their college application and if any AO calls, the owner will confirm they work there (even though the kid hasn't lifted a finger).  Seems like a relatively unlikely scenario to me.  Of course, it is never the lie but the coverup...so the AO may start asking questions as to what they do, what shifts do they work, etc.  Often times the answers seem so shady because your friend is trying to make them up on the fly.[/quote]

The kid needs to declare the income from a job he does on the FAFSA, which is tied to the IRS. So he would need to be paid and have earnings statements, pay FICA and taxes. [/quote]

LOL.....When you pay AO $15/hr, they are not going to do anything, if they do, other than calling the phone on the application to verify that information is legit.  They are not going to waste anymore time other than some basic information, not for $15/hr.
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Why do you think they make $15 an hour?[/quote]

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