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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]First generation college is considered an asset.

Rather than activities that she's not interested in, encourage her to get a part-time job.  Many strong schools consider that a considerable plus.[/quote]

Such as...? [b]Wake Forest advises not to include work experience and the other good schools I’ve looked at rate it as barely considered. [/b]

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Why would this be?  I would think paid employment would rank in the same category as participating in a sport or any other extracurricular. I can't imagine why it would be barely considered. [/quote]

I’m a Wake Alum and this seems... very off.  If it’s true, I’m a pissed off alum who is about to send them a note explaining why I’m  not donating this year.  So please link to this in their recruiting. If a Sidwell counselor said a wealthy kid working as an intern in a make work position for daddy will be treated less seriously by Wake than a student in competitive research program, that’s one thing.  But if the school itself says there is little to no value in kids who need to help support their family or take care of a sibling doing so so don’t bother to mention it, that is not pro humanitata.

It’s school with a lot of wealthy kids. But I’ve never felt like “Work Forest” discounted the importance of a work ethic. And they at least pay lip service to recruiting 1st gen kids who may need to work or care for siblings. If that’s BS, I want to know.   [/quote]

What about middle class kids who work, but aren't doing so to help support the family?  Do they view paid employment in the same way as being involved in debate or playing volleyball? [/quote]

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