<p>Financial implications aside, do you think that listing an unusual parental occupation on the app. matters? Would it help the applicant stand out from the crowd?</p>
<p>What stands out in the top colleges is having a parent who is a blue collar or pink collar worker. I suppose having a parent who's royalty, a major celebrity or a top gov't official also would stand out in a good way.</p>
<p>However, don't be tempted to lie about stuff like this because if caught, you could be rejected or your acceptance could be rescinded even after you are a college student.</p>
<p>OP: are you a lion tamer? ;)</p>
<p>If you are a heart surgeon and your husband/wife is the chief economist of the World Bank, then expect that they would raise the bar for your children in terms of the college's expectations of them. I don't know if this was what you were asking..</p>
<p>Face-washer for Mt. Rushmore? (I actually knew two people who had that job)</p>
<p>mom raises goats but dad is a doctor...so i guess that cancels out?</p>
<p>goat raising? ok my daddy does some what of a interesting job(NOT!) he runs the drivers at A Party rental Company the most worthy job out of 2 others who run the company w/ him There at the place from 9-5 mon-friday while hes there 12+ hours monday-friday and quite a few on saturday and sunday my mom is getting a sw(social work) Degree..locally</p>
<p>Honestly, the colleges are evaluating the students, not the parents. Unless the parents' job indicates that the parent is a celebrity or a gov't official or a wealthy donor or (and this mainly applies to elite colleges' trying to attract economic diversity) very low income, the parents' job won't help the student get accepted.</p>
<p>Indeed, if parents jobs require a great deal of education and sophistication, much more will be expected of their offspring than if the parents have ordinary jobs.</p>
<p>""President" seems to have worked for a few young women in recent years (and yes, I'm including Chelsea as well as Jenna and Barbara).</p>