I know that Stanford likes entrepreneurs... Me and my sister raised a bunch of money

Colleges & Universities Stanford University
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<p>Over the past summer we had several lemonade/smoothies stands and we raised over 400 dollars ( doing this pretty much every weekend) and we donated the money to the leukemia and lymphoma society. I chose this organization because it is an organization that I have put a lot of hours into volunteering there, hosting drives, and it ties into my essay/ problems my dad faced. Is this a legit thing I could write down or are they going to think I’m a dumba*s?</p>

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<p>“One summer” = approx. 10 weeks x 2 weekend days = 20 selling days total
“Several” stands = 3 x 20 selling days = 60 total booth days
$400 divided by 60 total booth days = $6.66 income per booth per day</p>

<p>I think they may be more impressed with your community service than you as an entrepreneur…</p>

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<p>Write it down, maybe just omit the amount of money you actually made. There are kids who apply there who have fund raised thousands of dollars.</p>

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<p>You are to be commended on your fundraising and volunteering efforts.</p>

<p>However, it’s probably just as important that you don’t start any of the sentences in your essays with phrases like, “Me and my sister did something.” </p>

<p>If you’re not sure why not, go visit your English teacher. ;)</p>

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<p>Certainly you can use this on your college app. Focus more on the fact that you have a passion to help these particular organizations because these diseases have directly impacted your life and now you want to help make a difference in others. Depending on where you live in the USA/World would depend on whether or not I would mention the actual dollar amounts. Here in NY kids make $200-$300 in a day for a lemonade stand. I remember right after 9/11 my kids did a lemonade stand and in one day raised $1200. The community was fairly affluent so people were throwing $100’s on the table. Then there were a few that gave us 50 cents. But depending on where you live that may or may not be possible. Hence $400 may very well be a tremendous amount of money. Again, you can explain this in your application.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>