Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Is there a reason people feel the need to respond to this post with information not asked about?
- not asking about waitressing or other restaurant work even if moved up
- not asking about lifeguarding
- not asking if a service job helped get into an ivy
- not even asking about types of impressive jobs of teens
Only asked if your kid had an impressive job, did they list on their common app that they got it on own. I think one person in two pages answered it saying no, but a CEO wrote a supplemental LOR about how the kid got the job.
Can you describe what you think is an impressive job? Because, to me, lifeguarding and serving in a restaurant are impressive because they meet real needs.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:“Applied” or “selected” out of ___ applicants ?
Depends on the role/company?
Example: Google software engineering intern. 1 of 3 chosen from 5000+. Started junior year never having written a line of code.
This is comical. This year even CMU grads can't find an internship. A high school junior? [/quot
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Anonymous wrote:Is there a reason people feel the need to respond to this post with information not asked about?
- not asking about waitressing or other restaurant work even if moved up
- not asking about lifeguarding
- not asking if a service job helped get into an ivy
- not even asking about types of impressive jobs of teens
Only asked if your kid had an impressive job, did they list on their common app that they got it on own. I think one person in two pages answered it saying no, but a CEO wrote a supplemental LOR about how the kid got the job.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Paramedic, emt certified.
Did your kid get their paramedic in high school? Or just EMT?
Paramedic volunteering job.
At the ambulance crew that my kid volunteers with, they can start riding as part of the crew and study to be an EMT at 16, but they have to be 18, and a HS graduate to study to be a paramedic, and then the paramedic training is about a 20 hour a week commitment for a year.
So, I guess I am asking whether your kid found a way around that, or if they took a gap year and did it, or maybe you’re in a state with different rules?
My kid is hoping to take a gap year to get certified as a paramedic, but he’ll apply to colleges before he gets certified.
No, DC is volunteering at paramedic, not paramedic certified. The paramedic needs a full year commitment, as you stated. I don't think there is a way around it.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Paramedic, emt certified.
Did your kid get their paramedic in high school? Or just EMT?
Paramedic volunteering job.
At the ambulance crew that my kid volunteers with, they can start riding as part of the crew and study to be an EMT at 16, but they have to be 18, and a HS graduate to study to be a paramedic, and then the paramedic training is about a 20 hour a week commitment for a year.
So, I guess I am asking whether your kid found a way around that, or if they took a gap year and did it, or maybe you’re in a state with different rules?
My kid is hoping to take a gap year to get certified as a paramedic, but he’ll apply to colleges before he gets certified.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Paramedic, emt certified.
Did your kid get their paramedic in high school? Or just EMT?
Paramedic volunteering job.
Anonymous wrote:One of my kids’ best friends (possibly my favorite of the bunch) is off to Yale in the fall, and she listed her job working for several years as a waitress. At graduation, I asked her mom if she had any big summer plans to celebrate, and she said “just waitressing”. I know most parents here want their kid to get the fancy internship, but, honestly, just a normal, regular, unimpressive job stands out. It shows commitment, responsibility, maturity, groundedness.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Paramedic, emt certified.
Did your kid get their paramedic in high school? Or just EMT?
Anonymous wrote:Kid listed his lifeguard job with our city pool. The fact that he’s held a municipal job for a few years (started out as a pool attendant before certifying as a lifeguard) seemed to make him standout.
Kids can start working at age 14. It was the best thing we could have encouraged him to do.
Anonymous wrote:Paramedic, emt certified.
Anonymous wrote:One of my kids’ best friends (possibly my favorite of the bunch) is off to Yale in the fall, and she listed her job working for several years as a waitress. At graduation, I asked her mom if she had any big summer plans to celebrate, and she said “just waitressing”. I know most parents here want their kid to get the fancy internship, but, honestly, just a normal, regular, unimpressive job stands out. It shows commitment, responsibility, maturity, groundedness.