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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^^NP. True work experience helps kids stand out. So few have real jobs. I don't believe one bit that what the poster said about Wake Forest is true. [/quote]

NP, here is the link to Wake's common data set: https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/202/2019/04/CDS_2018-2019.pdf

Question C7 details the relative importance of different types of academic and non-academic categories in admissions decisions: "work experience" is "not considered."

Among similarly ranked national universities, the answers are:

Very Imp
Carnegie Mellon: https://www.cmu.edu/ira/CDS/pdf/cds_2018-19/c-first-time-first-year-admission.pdf

Important
Tufts: https://provost.tufts.edu/institutionalresearch/files/CDS_2018-2019-Final-Revised-7.22.19.pdf
UNC: https://oira.unc.edu/files/2019/02/CDS_2018-2019_20190213.pdf
GA Tech: https://irp.gatech.edu/gt-info/common-data-set

Considered
Michigan: https://obp.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/pubdata/cds/cds_2018-2019_umaa.pdf
UVA: https://ias.virginia.edu/cds-2018-19
NYU: https://www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyu/institutionalResearch/documents/CDS_2018-2019.pdf

Now the REAL question is does each college have a different definition of "work experience."  Pulling from the experiences of DD's classmates,  does working non-paid for the summer in the academic lab of a family friend count the same as working 10-15 hours a week a Ulta throughout junior year and more in the summer. 
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