<p>Hi. So basically among having a job, ecs, etc. I have been working online.</p>
<p>Online, I have been an affiliate marketer, making about 5k a month through advertising. I made a company name and such, but never incorporated it or made it official. I do have a website though and have "employees" (basically people I hired in India to do the grunt work of the advertising). </p>
<p>How should I explain this, if I even should, on my apps?</p>
<p>President and Founder of --- Advertising?
Affiliate Marketer?<br>
Advertising Consultant?</p>
<p>Explain away, but make sure the claims are backed up on any aid applications–that’s more than enough to say you’ll be a student who self pays through earnings which is impressive.</p>
<p>No offense but this is a little hard to believe. If it’s true, than that’s great but I cannot imagine some high school kid hiring Indians and outsourcing during these times lol.</p>
<p>If you’re not a high school kid, then I apologize for sounding ignorant.</p>
<p>I am a senior in HS and I outsource through Odesk.com. My website is just a “front” for the company, which I never made a real company, just the website…So could I say Founder and President of Blankity Advertising? Or what?</p>
<p>I did get a federal tax ID number from the IRS to sort of keep the income different from my SSN, but it will still be reported under my SSN. I formed an S Corporation I believe with the tax id number.</p>
<p>What is the legal structure of your company? What are you selling? Who is helping with the accounting for the S corporation? Do you have a formal business plan that you can discuss in your essay(s).</p>
<p>It looks to me like you are the Founder and President of XYZ Advertising, a small on-line business with $xxxx in income, and $xxx in profits in 2009.</p>
<p>And, maybe you should think about incorporating.</p>
<p>In some states, incorporating involves mandatory annual paperwork regarding the corporation that a college freshman may not wish to keep up with. Just write a short explanation regarding your company: when you founded it, what you do/type of business, how many employees, etc. Then offer to provide documentation or answer further questions at their request. Keep it short and simple. Usually, any real work experience is good work experience.</p>
<p>If your question is “what title do I give myself”, that’s easy. You are the Founder and President of XYZ company. It’s much more legit to include the name of the company or your website. Consider making the forming your company as your essay. Whatever the name or status of your company, colleges love to accept enterprising students like you.</p>
<p>I founded a company while in high school. Instead of writing an essay about it, I decided to talk about it during my interview (I felt that gave me more time to explain it). I brought a summary of my company’s business plan to show my interviewer, who seemed pretty impressed with it. We talked for a while about the challenges facing start-up companies and how I manged to create a successful company, what made me do it in the first place, how much time I spent on it, etc. I also brought my computer to the interview, and showed him my company website. </p>
<p>I think things like private companies vary immensely (think lemonade stand vs full fledged company with massive gross incomes), and you want to be able to demonstrate that you’re in the later category. The interview is a great place to do this, or else write an essay detailing how you went about starting the company and how you overcame any challenges. This will show the admissions committee that its a legitimate company, and that you’re dedicated to its success.</p>