<p>But gthopeful, how can you prove that it was the work experience that did it?</p>
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But gthopeful, how can you prove that it was the work experience that did it?
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<p>"work experience" is not how I see it; "work timesink" is quite a bit more accurate. My point was that, from the perspective of a college admissions committee, those 20-30 hours a week could have been spent doing more extracurricular activities through the school or local organizations. Hour for hour, a job is worth less compared to how many EC's you could dedicate yourself to (my guess is two or three good ones), hence my suggestion that you shouldn't work.</p>
<p>I'm glad I didn't have a job in high school. My EC's take up most of my time and I can't imagine giving one up for a job. I love all of them. And there are the stories of classmates getting fired because they needed time off for school activities. I just didn't want to deal with that. </p>
<p>I am going to get a job in the summer though.</p>
<p>I work about 15 hours a week and to emphasize it, I had my boss write me a rec. I figure that'll help, since my English teacher's writing 20 recs, my Math teacher's writing 50, but my boss is only writing one. :-)
And she just promoted me. And I kinda love my job (Robeks!!! Yay!!!!)</p>
<p>Now people are worried about getting a job because of college admissions? Lmao, a guy who probably works for college admissions, it's probably going to show, I'm guessing. It's getting so ridiculous that working has to come in even in college admissions...this whole idea is ridiculous, "job experience" just for admissions.</p>
<p>I (and many others) work (I've hopped around jobs doing what I could since a little while ago, because of age reqs since like a couple months ago) because we need to. We aren't in fortunate circumstances. No time or anything to decide whether it's going to be "good" for college or any of that other bs, or what choice we have. I work because I'm helping out my family (despite how retarded and cliche that sounds), nothing else.</p>
<p>Basically, gthopeful, I don't know if you got rejected because of your work experience or not, but your comment doesn't apply to many who work who work because of their economic situation, not for something like college admissions (that's just sad), which would probably come off as disingenuous if not done with true meaning (one of my rich friends worked 4 hours a week doing random stuff, didn't convey anything much other than wasting time).</p>
<p>Personally, I don't know if putting all one's effort in a job is the same as having multiple EC's. Then again colleges still do consider having job and work experience as an EC. Furthermore, if you were forced to work, it can make a great essay topic (it can be great even if you weren't or arent forced to work). I think people should simply do EC's in what they like. If you don't like the debate team or math club, don't join it. Instead do something you like ie. working. I found that working during the summer was rewarding as well as exciting. Maybe I am not going to H or M, but I think experience is invaluable.</p>
<p>I don't think they like a regular job as much as academic themed work, because it doesn't show as much learning experience in the field you're interested in, but they would probably appreciate that spending that much time working makes the other stuff you do mean more like grades, etc., cause you don't have as much time as everyone else. Plus, it would help if you could get a good recomendation letter from your employer/manager or something</p>
<p>If your grades and EC's and SATs suffer because of work, DON'T WORK. The small amount of money earned at minimum wage doesn't outweigh potential scholarships lost, etc. For example, I have a decently smart friend who works 30 hours a week to get money. Her SATs are about 1900, but she didn't want to retake, or study because she didn't have time. Her grades have dropped from all A's to around B-s in a few classes because she is so exhausted after working 2 jobs. She also didn't have enough time to research colleges and do essays for scholarships. She only applied to privates with high costs. The $10,000 or so money she's made over a year are nothing compared to the $200,000 she'll need to take out in loans, etc to pay for college. </p>
<p>That said, I have worked about 10 hours a week for about a year, and do pretty much everything else I normally would do. It's not too much of a strain-just a little hard if my teachers don't give out test dates in advance.</p>
<p>I would choose to do EC if I could! Why would someone choose to work for college admission if they can choose? ECs are a lot more fun and less exhausting as work... if your family is rich enough, I don't see the point of having a job for admissions?????</p>
<p>I am working for my parents and babysitting my cousin for all together 35+ a week(though I had a lot of time to plan for school stuff while taking care of him), but I think sports is way more fun!!!</p>