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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I am most confused about is what types of activities she should be doing. Academically she does very well, she is a straight A student, but she is not a musician and doesn't play sports and we are afraid that this will hurt her. Recently I heard that colleges don't really care about National Honor Society, which I had thought was a significant honor. I just feel so clueless and guilty about not having the knowledge needed to advise her. [/quote]

We hired one and this was my first question because I didn't want to argue with DC. Counselor said DC should think about more activities, so that settled it. There are so many clubs and after school stuff, they just have to pick stuff that interests them. I heard in a college night that activities also help students answer questions on the applications. If they're not doing much, it could limit their ability to find experiences to write about. You can do it without a counselor, but how much you need to help out depends on your child. A friend of ours went on College Confidential and learned so much that I think he could be a counselor now. His wife says he spent a year on it, but his kids ended up at great schools, one with a full ride. [/quote]

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