Best paths in HS to make average intelligence kids stand out?

[Anonymous]

Give me some tips that helped your more average intelligence kids stand out amongst gifted/super high IQ kids for college admissions!

We are in an incredibly competitive area- parents across the board are CEOs, surgeons, etc!

Kid has 10/10 people skills and possibility of athletic scholarship.

[Anonymous]

Wut

[Anonymous]

Get tutors, large donation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Give me some tips that helped your more average intelligence kids stand out amongst gifted/super high IQ kids for college admissions!

We are in an incredibly competitive area- parents across the board are CEOs, surgeons, etc!

Kid has 10/10 people skills and possibility of athletic scholarship.

The right school for them will love them back. Seriously.

[Anonymous]

Show up at the events to meet Admissions Officers - college fairs, school day presentations, webinars

Understand your reasons for applying/the school at a deep and credible level and express themselves well

Get your app in as early as possible to get more attention

In some cases, do a summer program on the campus of the school (doesn't help for the most elite schools, may help for others)

[Anonymous]

PP. Regarding athletics, have you asked for guidance from parents of last year's seniors?

I understand there are web portals where you can post a highlights reel video. Have you done all the digital groundwork you can?

[Anonymous]

Pay $$ for private SAT tutoring

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Show up at the events to meet Admissions Officers - college fairs, school day presentations, webinars

Understand your reasons for applying/the school at a deep and credible level and express themselves well

Get your app in as early as possible to get more attention

In some cases, do a summer program on the campus of the school (doesn't help for the most elite schools, may help for others)

^express the reasons well in essays (Lol, too early in AM for me to be coherent...)

[Anonymous]

Be ridiculously good looking

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Get tutors, [b]large donation.

Well heck, may as well suggest sexual favors.

[Anonymous]

I've had 2 kids through high school and one graduate college and the other is almost done with college. Both would say they loved their college experience, learned a lot and have good friends and wouldn't have picked anything else. The older has a job in his field that he also likes.

For that result I would let the kids be kids and pursue their own interests (and encourage whatever that is) and then let them pick a school that wants them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Be ridiculously good looking

Why?

[Anonymous]

Try posting in Colleges forum if you haven't already

[Anonymous]

A successful passion project can make all the difference and you don't need to be a genius to make that work.

With DC's people skills, this is something that could go great for them. Lean into the athleticism too.

Check out college admissions consultants on youtube, lots of info on passion projects.

GL!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP. Regarding athletics, have you asked for guidance from parents of last year's seniors?

I understand there are web portals where you can post a highlights reel video. Have you done all the digital groundwork you can?

Freshman, yes have a reel and coach is helping with!