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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]unless he gave that money to you (his parents) because you needed it to put a roof over your head and food in your bellies, I wouldn't focus on the fact that he earned money.[/quote]
Why not? Why is going through the motions and volunteering more impressive than running your own business? [/quote]

I'm not the person you're responding too, but I would not be at all surprised if this is the predominant opinion among admissions officers. Little conception of what is involved and how difficult it is, a tendency to regard it as luck, instead of skill, a vague feeling that business is icky, etc.

Your son needs to talk about it in his essay, because it explains why he isn't coming in with the typical curated list of fake activities that admissions officers usually see. But it means that admissions will be more of a crapshoot, since if he doesn't get an admissions officer who has more of an understanding of reality, he would have to rely on the essay overcoming resistance - so I recommend aiming the essay that direction.

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I disagree. Admissions officers at very selective institutions will know how much work and talent went into this. But this is why writing about it in the essays is important, OP. Your kid needs to give his achievement the right context for readers to properly understand the stakes.

I have a kid who performed solo at Carnegie Hall. It's meaningless if she doesn't speak of her experience in her essays. [/quote]

Disagree. My kid was on national TV. That recognition was never spoken about in essays.

Essays should bring out a part of you that the reader cannot see anywhere else. My kid spoke about their dreams, past and present. Stuff that you could never guess from EC list or anywhere else. Maybe one line referred to an activity.nothing else.

Kid was admitted to 2 T3s and did amazingly in the admissions process just last year. [/quote]

Congrats to your kid! At this point, do you mind naming the schools?[/quote]

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