How will admissions view starting a company?

Applying to College
1

Okay, so basically I’m a very generic student who has a decent rank and ACT score. Recently, about a year ago, I started a company out of passion. I was wondering if it would be best to mention it in my college essays or should I just leave it under the awards section of my resume. This is one of my major accomplishments and I want this to be noticed in the right way.

What do you guys think?

Some of the colleges I have in mind are:
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Dallas
Georgia Institute of Technology
University of Michigan - Ann Harbor
University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign
Northeastern University

2

It should be mentioned in the activity section and part of one of your essays.

3

It depends how much of the responsibility you bore in running the company.

4

I think’s its only impressive if the subsequent result is great. Frankly, anyone who does some research can start a business or a Non-Profit. It’s what you’ve concretely accomplished that matters.

5

Company? Non-profit Organization? How much revenue are you generating? Are your track records significant?

6

@viphan
www.zapptorstudios.com
$13,000 so far
So far, I’d say that I have made good progress but nothing to receive any awards. I’m just not sure how to put this on my applications.

7

Probably both in the activities section and in the essay.

Having it just in the activities section but not in an essay will tell colleges that that was not a very significant activity to you.

8

If you have employees, say you started a company.

If you just wrote some apps, just say you wrote some apps.