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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I suspect a lot of these get free legal, accounting, and similar support for free from their parents or friends.  It’s the ramped up version of your parents doing your science fair project.

It’s a little disheartening if you are the parent of a nice, smart kid who doesn’t want to play the game.  Mine spends a ton of time volunteering on a particular thing which will look really ordinary on her application but because she takes it really seriously and is super invested, it takes a lot of time.  Unless we can submit a letter of rec from the adult that runs the project or one of the parents of the kids she helped, I don’t think there’s a way to express the breadth and depth of her commitment.[/quote]
I would not be concerned. The meaning of this activity to her will shine through. As far as expressing commitment, that will be clear from the hours she spends on this. What is more important is (a) what particular, non-vague actions and initiative she, herself, took, and (b) how those specific actions impacted not only others but her own personal development. What did she learn, how did her perspective change, and can she articulate that in essays. The way the student thinks about their experiences, and how that thinking is conveyed in the app, is far more important than a splashy activity. Teens in general tend to overfocus on achievements and external awards rather than the internal development aspect. That development often makes a student more interesting to be around than outwardly-visible achievements.[/quote]

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