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[quote=Anonymous] What matters MOST, OP, is having excellent grades at school and excellent SAT/ACT scores. Then it matters that those grades are in advanced classes, not in regular classes. Then it matters that the child can show he did something else apart from studying for those, and that's where the extra-curricular stuff comes in. He has to have extra-curriculars in this country. Whatever he likes best and is good at, because he has to show he persevered and reached a top level. In my (Asian) house, we love music. Sports are out, because we're very put off by the sports culture here (we love to hike, but the unfairness of college applications dictate that excellence be quantifiable and compared to others). So my kids sing in a semi-professional choir and one of them plays an instrument. It's a very common one, so she would have to be extra-top-notch to use it as a college hook. But that's the one she loves.[/quote]
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