<p>This was a question on the UC app pertaining to money made from employment. </p>
<p>Is it okay or acceptable if I said that I used the money to take my grandmother out to dinner every week and help pay for a summer program I really wanted to go to?</p>
<p>I didn't have a saintly cause really such as feeding the poor, but yeah.</p>
<p>thats fine/honest</p>
<p>I think you should answer the question honestly. If you used the money in that way say so. I don't think you are expected to help feed the poor or something.</p>
<p>:) I think those reasons are excellent in itself!</p>
<p>Yeah they really are. Putting something like "feeding the poor," even if it was true, wouldn't be better than those! They show that you are a nice person, and that you're not some rich kid who went to a summer program on his parents' money. Kudos to you</p>
<p>I really like the grandma part. :) That's really nice of you.</p>
<p>I think I put down that I'm saving it for college needs and entertainment (i.e. dorm supplies, movies, concerts when I go to college)...probably a little cliched.</p>
<p>Say you burned it in garbage cans for the winter to provide heat for homeless people.</p>
<p>sir watson, that is one of the funniest responses ive heard in a long time.</p>
<p>i think its better to be honest and sincere than to make up stuff. you want the admissions to get a sense of who you are not a person you made up and they can tell when you are sincere and when you are lying</p>
<p>Thank you Shark_Bite, even though I am a surfer and fear you.</p>
<p>i'm gonna mention going to boston and going to europe, but not college app fees, because that implies I'm applying to a lot. and though I am, I want to make whoever reads this feels special :-). hehehe...</p>