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<p>So far my EC's are not that great</p>

<p>Volunteer Planting Trees (once/twice a month for 3 years)
Helping my siblings (MY WHOLE LIFE! This is why I don't have time for anything. They are 15 and 10, but my parents are divorced and they are a handful)
Summer Job as Festival Worker (last summer and this summer)
Research at the UW (this summer)
Sports (Track, XC, volleyball, JV in everything)
President/Founder of BSU (just started last week, no black kids at my school, so nothing's going on.)
Volunteer at Thrift Store for Cancer (started this week)
Band (3rd grade to present)</p>

<p>I want to be a science major (Biochemistry), but I really love fashion. I'm wondering if it would be wise to start an online vintage clothing store? </p>

<p>My Plan: is to get clothes from thrift stores, garage sales, and second hand stores that are unique and usually very high priced, and sell them for profit. I even thought of some ways to alter clothes to make them look like things from magazines (jeans can easily be turned into jean shorts by cutting the legs off, colored by dying them different colors, and you can add studs very easily.). I'm also thinking of potentially expanding to a jewelry/shoe line by changing them a little. Advertising can be done through my friends ( I know they love clothes/shopping), Facebook and other social media, bulletins at school etc.. </p>

<p>What do you think? Is this too soon? I have a summer job to get my business started, but I don't know how it will sell? I'm planning on using my money from that job (plus $300 from my mom) to start up. I don't have to many friends so advertising would be very hard, but I like a challenge.Someone I know is willing to help me with the website so hopefully it will look good. If you've done this, or known someone who has, can you give me some advice? Also, if there's a better business I can start that you think would be good could you tell me?</p>

<p>Thanks so much</p>

<p>I posted this somewhere else but no one responded =(.</p>

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<p>Family responsibilities in a single parent household is a perfectly legitimate EC. Lots of kids don’t have the luxury of doing clubs, volunteering, or a sport because they have to be at home after school doing their part, or working in a family business. Admissions officers understand this so do not sell yourself short.</p>

<p>As for your business idea, why not check into Junior Achievement? [Junior</a> Achievement - Educating youth on business, economics, and succeeding in a global economy](<a href=“Boundless Futures through Education | Junior Achievement USA”>http://www.ja.org/) They provide support to future entrepreneurs. Just don’t let your business get in the way of your academics.</p>

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<p>Said like a true mom. Thanks, I called the JA and I’m they are giving me great ideas.</p>

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<p>Yea, motherhood is so darn habit-forming.</p>