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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A normal summer job. And I'm not kidding.[/quote]

This unfortunately can be faked. Not that the student wasn't there at all. But the level of commitment can be exaggerated. Some employers don't send W-2 forms for low-level jobs like working at a car wash, and the student made so little that they need not file a tax return. So anyone can easily exaggerate the number of weeks/year and number of hours/week worked. It is not possible to disprove, even if colleges wanted to.[/quote]

So cynical. Don't let this process disrupt your child's life and yours like this.[/quote]

Thank you. Very few people cheat the system this way, and yet we assume it’s rampant because we hear about the few cases of egregious lying. It is so corrosive.[/quote]

I know. I'm fairly certain that the people reading these applications don't approach their task with the assumption that everyone is trying to pull a fast one.[/quote]

Actually, they are looking for reasons to distrust the app. There is a reason why kids from feeder schools get into top schools at a much higher rate. It has to do with them being able to trust the application. If there is anything which causes them to distrust the candidate at a selective school, the application has a greater shot of just being disregarded.

I can tell you that from our "feeder" nyc private that sends more than 1/3 of the graduating class to top10 schools, SO MUCH of the extracurricular/passion project stuff is completely manufactured by pricey consultants and parents using their contacts and resources. Colleges do not care - they want to accept who they want to accept, and fake ECs for kids like that - whose families will donate enough to put their names on buildings and endowed chairs - give the colleges a way to "rationalize" those acceptances of kids with poor GPAs and weak characters.

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You were at a feeder. They trust that the kid is prepared and will make an impact because they have been given the resources and the means to do that. They won’t be taking a risk with that kid and likely the kid needs no funding and will absolutely graduate. This isn’t rocket science.

They like feeder kids. If you are not at a feeder, yes you have to jump through hoops. [/quote]

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