full pay family with good student but no real EC
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Anonymous
This is really a dumb response. |
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assuming this is Laguardia or Sinatra, colleges see your studio as an extracurricular. For sure. and a 4.0 will be one of many, as in like 10-20 (not 100 like some people here think). but that's still top 5% for class.
plenty of kids don't/can't do more. I wouldn't worry about. as to your actual question, I don't know. but hopefully someone can answer instead of going on and on about this other think nobody asked about |
Anonymous
| My kid had zero ECs other than playing soccer at local club….nothing especially. 1520 SAT and 6 APs at 5. Applied and was accepted at LSE in London. Zero to low chance of getting a similar caliber of school acceptance in the US. |
Anonymous
| My sophomore is likely have a similar profile. He spends a lot of time weight lifting at the Y and playing touch football or basketball with friends. (He tried out for the bball team at school and didn't make it). He's in a couple of non-academic afterschool clubs and has had one fairly consistent weekend volunteer activity. But that's really it. |
Anonymous
But those are typical if average ECs, not none during the school year. |
Anonymous
Really depends on the SAT score. Any of the schools in the Power 4 leagues have huge school spirit and lots of fun. Penn State is a great experience for a lot of kids. |
Anonymous
| OOS public schools like Pitt, Penn State, UDel, UMass, UConn. |
Anonymous
| My young neighbor who had a high gpa at Stuyvesant and a 1500 plus SAT but almost no ECs ended up at SUNY Bing and is happy there. |
Anonymous
Which school? |
Anonymous
Assuming the studio is art (if not, please correct). And if it is art, please have your kid enter the Scholastic Art Awards for their creations. Apply anthropology that ties in art/ethnography/culture/social groups/traveling. Make your kid do SOMETHING this summer (camp counselor, pt job, internship). Add 1-2 more cultural hobbies to the EC list. I've seen this work for anthropology and similarly under-subscribed majors at pretty selective schools in the UC system. At UCLA, I've seen this EC list, with a tiny bit of world music, get into the Ethnomusicology major (high admit rate) from the East Coast public with limited other ECS. Also, look at the World Arts & cultures major at UCLA. Pretty high admit rate if you tailor the application the right way. But for anthropology, you should plan 1-2 things to add to the EC list this summer (work at NYC museum: curatorial or collections-based internship). And add in 2-3 culturally aligned hobbies/interests organically to the EC list: (1) making crafts (textiles; ceramics/pottery; jewelry; collage); (2) collecting/curating vintage clothing/textiles or even vinyl records/ephemera (postcards/old photos/antique objects); or (3) exploring/observing culture (urban exploration /documentary; thrifting; food and cooking/food markets/film). I have seen other ideas work too, but I don't want to bore you. Other schools to look at where stats will compensate: UC-SB Wisconsin Pitt Tulane (ED) CU-Boulder |
Anonymous
Lucky her - now common app asks - do you commute more than an hour for HS. |
Anonymous
| If no testing yet, is she even a sophomore? Otherwise why no PSAT? |
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in all seriousness - if you child can use commute time to do SAT prep - tons on online videos and questions.
Knock out the SAT with a score in the upper 1400s + Can have an strong application for the non University of California State Schools as they are mostly admitting on stats. |
Anonymous
Villanova ED Boston University ED Wake Forest ED |
Anonymous
Counselor letter should include 2hr RT commute and extended studio day. That puts some context to lack of ECS. Def get a weekend job. If she has high test scores, Auburn gives merit for high gpa/SAT combo. ECs not part of the app. |