<li><p>My parents own their own business so what should I put under OCCUPATION:Position?</p></li>
<li><p>For work experience it only allows me to choose one start date and one end date. If I have been working for almost 2 years but took 3 months off for sports last spring, how do I show this?</p></li>
<li><p>What is a personal statement?</p></li>
<li><p>If my parents attended community colleges but never graduated, do I list those colleges as schools they have attended? And would their degree be high school?</p></li>
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<li>That is my and my husband's situation. You can enter "self-employed," or you can name the occupation that best describes what each does in the business, such as "dog trainer," to pick a random example</li>
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<p>2.Use the start and end dates, ignoring the brief interruption. If you include a separate resume/brag sheet, you can go into more detail there.</p>
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<li><p><a href="http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/pw/p_perstate.html%5B/url%5D">http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/pw/p_perstate.html</a> is one of the sites my quick google search came up with. There are many others.</p></li>
<li><p>Your parents have "some college," and if they didn't attain an associate degree, then their highest degree is high school. Yes, list the CCs.</p></li>
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<li> Occupation: whatever their business is. Position: self-employed; owner<br></li>
<li> I don't think it really matters that you took time off, but I suppose you could write it in the additional information section or on an expanded EC list if you wanted.</li>
<li> An essay. The application should explain exactly what it is they want.</li>
<li> Yes, list the colleges they attended. Their degree would be "some college".</li>
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