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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Founded own charity means they created a 501c3 org , did legal paperwork on their own, grant writing, filed taxes for a corporation -- as a high school student? With no parental help? LOL? [/quote] As a Harvard interviewer, I always react with skepticism when a kid tells me they founded a nonprofit. When you drill down to it, it basically means they did some self-directed fundraising and volunteer work. Which is possibly impressive. But not necessarily more impressive than being an good, active officer in an existing school service club. Possibly less. Ditto for the kids who "founded a company". Usually they wrote a marginally successful smartphone app, which is fine. But why the need to dress it up in corporatist doublespeak? I have no idea how the admissions office looks on those claims; I'll try to ask next time an admissions officer stops by. But I doubt they're automatically over the moon any time a kid pops a 501c3 in your face.[/quote]
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