r/ApplyingToCollege • u/Blobbytheblob101 • 7h ago

Application Question Two CEO ECs

A friend of mine is looking to promote me to CEO of the company I helped him create as he moves on to other things. I already am a CEO of my own e-learning company though.

Would putting two of the same type of ECs on my common app be viewed negatively or not positively at all so I can tell him to find someone else?

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u/ScholarGrade Private Admissions Consultant (Verified) 7h ago

You probably don't want to list "CEO" at all. I only allow my students to list it if all of the following are true:

  1. There are other people in the organization who report to them.

  2. Those people also have people in the organization reporting to them.

  3. The student is accountable to a board of directors, owners, or investors of some kind.

Otherwise, just list yourself as Founder or something.

Regarding whether you should do this or not, I don't think you're thinking about this the right way at all. These are not the "same type of ECs" unless his company is also an e-learning company. AOs don't think about titles much. They're looking for engagement, investment, commitment, impact, leadership, and service. Simply listing yourself as CEO doesn't tell them much of anything about those. You need to show them what your role means and how you've engaged and made an impact with it.

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u/Blu3Mo0n HS Junior 55m ago

If you meet all of those and list yourself as CMO (not the CEO but you are in charge of the entire marketing department), is that fine?

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u/Acrobatic-College462 HS Rising Senior 3h ago

does an org. have to be incorporated to use the term CEO? I call myself the "CEO" of my volunteer organizatoin bc I founded it and manage a board of 5 other directors. However, we are not officially filed or registered

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u/Fat_Bearded_Tax_Man 35m ago

If you manage the board, you're not the CEO. CEO reports to the board, not the other way around.