Anonymous wrote:The source of this is "yourtango.com" Let's not accept it as if it were a press release from Stanford. Kids lie on CVs and it's hard for colleges to pick it up unless someone directly calls them to identify the lies which doesn't happen often. When I was in high school, the completely unathletic valedictorian listed himself as tennis team captain on his college applications. He was on the team, but that's about all one could say. He's been a proud Harvard graduate for 20 years...

Anonymous wrote:The source of this is "yourtango.com" Let's not accept it as if it were a press release from Stanford. Kids lie on CVs and it's hard for colleges to pick it up unless someone directly calls them to identify the lies which doesn't happen often. When I was in high school, the completely unathletic valedictorian listed himself as tennis team captain on his college applications. He was on the team, but that's about all one could say. He's been a proud Harvard graduate for 20 years...

Anonymous wrote:There was a poster on here a few years ago who had a kid who was rejected almost everywhere, despite having perfect stats and an absurdly impressive resume. I remember this kid claimed to have volunteer hours that worked out to something like 10 hours per week, every single week of high school (on top of a gazillion extracurriculars, etc). Clearly the universities didn't buy this.

Remember, applications are read by humans who have the same hours in the week as the kids do and they were kids once too. Don't embellish.

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Anonymous wrote:I think this is fabricated by the guy (Tineo college prep consulting) to get TikTok clicks….

Exactly. That was my first thought. A random website gets this story from a tick Tok influencer who allegedly was told this story by the student. Not buying it for a second.

It doesn’t even sound plausible. How is a high schooler going to put in 12 hours a week at any daycare. They are open M-F and close between around 5 or 5:30. That would be over 2 hours a day. Unless the student’s high school ends early and the student never ever had to stay after school logistically it doesn’t even make sense. And there are very very few special needs daycare. After 3 years old students who have disabilities are provided services through public schools.

So, I agree it's probably for clicks.

But as a public school teacher, I knew plenty of teenagers covering the 4 - 6 shift at local daycares as their part time job.

I could name a number of daycares for kids with disabilities in the DC area. These days most of them are inclusive, but places like Karasik (run by the ARC), or Easter Seals whose primary mission is serving children with disabilities. Even those kids who get services from the public school usually need daycare as well, as those hours are usually shorter than a work day.

The most unbelievable thing is that Stanford would check

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Anonymous wrote:I think this is fabricated by the guy (Tineo college prep consulting) to get TikTok clicks….

Exactly. That was my first thought. A random website gets this story from a tick Tok influencer who allegedly was told this story by the student. Not buying it for a second.

It doesn’t even sound plausible. How is a high schooler going to put in 12 hours a week at any daycare. They are open M-F and close between around 5 or 5:30. That would be over 2 hours a day. Unless the student’s high school ends early and the student never ever had to stay after school logistically it doesn’t even make sense. And there are very very few special needs daycare. After 3 years old students who have disabilities are provided services through public schools.

So, I agree it's probably for clicks.

But as a public school teacher, I knew plenty of teenagers covering the 4 - 6 shift at local daycares as their part time job.

I could name a number of daycares for kids with disabilities in the DC area. These days most of them are inclusive, but places like Karasik (run by the ARC), or Easter Seals whose primary mission is serving children with disabilities. Even those kids who get services from the public school usually need daycare as well, as those hours are usually shorter than a work day.

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Anonymous wrote:Also, what state has daycares for exclusively special needs kids that allows high schoolers to volunteer?

at least one, given that the applicant did volunteer there.

Psst: I have a bridge to sell you- dirt cheap.

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Anonymous wrote:Also, what state has daycares for exclusively special needs kids that allows high schoolers to volunteer?

at least one, given that the applicant did volunteer there.

Anonymous wrote:Also, what state has daycares for exclusively special needs kids that allows high schoolers to volunteer?