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Amy
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Would it negatively affect my college application to have quit a minimum wage job after a few months?
I was thinking of quitting my tutoring job to make more time for preparations for the upcoming school year. Would this show colleges that I have a lack of persistence? #college-admissions #college-bound
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LaQuinta Scott
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Hey Amy,
Quitting your job would actually show the exact opposite. As a former admissions recruiter, we always wanted to make sure your GPA, volunteer work, and extra curricular activities were always the shining star of your college application. By you letting the job go to put focus on those things, it more so shows your commitment to being the best student you can be by knowing when to step back and re-focus on what's important. Just because you end something now doesn't mean you can't begin again. My daughter is a sophomore in a similar situation and even as a parent, I push education over all other things and if that means not working, she knows her parents have her back 1,000%. Do what's best for you and your future. Everything else will fall in place
Quitting your job would actually show the exact opposite. As a former admissions recruiter, we always wanted to make sure your GPA, volunteer work, and extra curricular activities were always the shining star of your college application. By you letting the job go to put focus on those things, it more so shows your commitment to being the best student you can be by knowing when to step back and re-focus on what's important. Just because you end something now doesn't mean you can't begin again. My daughter is a sophomore in a similar situation and even as a parent, I push education over all other things and if that means not working, she knows her parents have her back 1,000%. Do what's best for you and your future. Everything else will fall in place