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[quote=Anonymous]In order of priority 
Good grades in rigorous classes (honors and AP)
Test scores ( start thinking about these in 10th grade). My kid for instance took the SAT twice in 11th grade and took 3 SAT subject tests also in 11th grade 
Extracurricular activities do matter. You don’t need a lot but you need at least one which you are very committed to so you can show passion, personal growth and give colleges a sense of who you are outside the classroom. Having a job is also a wonderful activity and tutoring is an interesting job. I personally think you still need another type of extracurricular activity in addition to the tutoring

That is pretty much it. Previous posters have given you good advice about researching colleges (I looked at the Fiske guide just before 9th grade), starting college visits (we started in 10 th grade with a focus on narrowing in on big vs small, urban vs suburban or small town and did more targeted visits in .11th grade

Pay attention to course selections in 9th and 10th grade. We wanted our kid to take a science, social science, humanities and foreign language every year because we did not know what the schools he applied to in 12th grade would expect. He will also end up taking AP Calculus, a couple of AP lab sciences, AP language and literature, a couple of AP history and one AP foreign language. The goal was to show he could handle [/quote]

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