If I started a company in 9th grade, and Failed after Three months, Is it worth putting on my applications for college?
No
Specific reasons why?
Because why would you want to tell a college about a failed business venture? If you had run a company for 3 YEARS and then it failed, maybe, but 3 months is just too short, IMO.
Specifically, the company failed too quickly and it happened too long ago. That is my opinion.
But it is your application, so end the end you should do whatever you like.
If you learned something along the way, yes. You have to fail a lot of times before you become successful. The true ‘failure’ is never trying at all.
Also, don’t think that your “company” at 14 or 15 is as unique as you think it is. In the USA, to register an actual business (i.e. really “start a company”), you have to be 18 or more. No one has images of you heading up some organization.
What you did was engage in an unofficial business venture – which is fine. But this seems like straw grasping to me.
Did you generate any revenue at all? Did you create something of value?
Businesses fail all the time; that doesn’t mean the experience was necessarily worthless.
If it’s a good story, you could use it as the topic for the Common App essay - the what I learned from failure prompt.
spacebarisbroken
Yes
Itwasabiofuelcompany
We.made.a.website.with
26,000.Vists
and.5,000.Clicks
With.Revenue.From.The.Site
It.Was.illegal.to.sell.our.hemp.diesel…because.we.were.too.young.and.needed.a.license.and.sbo
It’s.a.Really.Crazy.Story.
@LTNDSBTCH how many did your “company” employ? What was the aim of the company?
It doesn’t seem like listing this venture would sway an adcom, IMO. But you could talk about other things, such as interest in doing research on biofuels, for example.
It is worth it because it shows entrepreneurship
Our venture employed 4 people for tech, we had online workers as well
Our Aim of the company was to eliminate fossil fuels by 2030
It sounds like it failed because you didn’t do your homework first. If there is a part of this story that makes you a strong applicant, use it. If not, feel free to include it on your application although it doesn’t sound like it adds much.
Three years have passed since this experience…your application will be stronger if you focus on what you have done since then. How could your application be helped by including a short, poorly conceived venture?
Starting a company in 9th grade often reveals more about the parents than it does about the applicant. If you have a passion for energy policy, sure you can add discussion of this activity to whatever else you have to say on the topic. Many new businesses fail, so what makes this EC not as interesting as you might hope is that it likely was parent led and quite a while ago. .
Nope,It was all kid run.