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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is interested in foreign policy and is using her gobs of downtime this summer to take a some Coursera classes and paying extra to take the quizzes earn a certificate showing she completed a series of classes in an area she is interested in. She was supposed to be doing a similar program overseas this summer.   No idea if it will help. But it could if she applies directly to a school of foreign policy. At the very least, it shows she did something productive this summer and has a genuine interest. [/quote]

I think it will be helpful espcially if she writes that is her intended major. [/quote]

Thanks. Fingers crossed. She is definitely all in on applying directly to foreign policy schools at places like Georgetown, American, GW (but t
TOO CLOSE TO HOME MOM) or FP/IR somewhere like Tufts.  But she’s a rising junior and college admissions are going to be harder to gauge than they were for her sibling.  Her amazing (free) summer program was cancelled.  Going overseas next summer is a big question mark.  She may or may not get ACT/SAT scores, she had a good first AP score, but will colleges take it seriously, distance learning, her big elective that she loves and has spent years participating likely canceled for the year, and she’s a musician who has no good opportunities to play with other musicians— just zoom lessons.

It felt like college admissions were a crap shoot for her 2019 sibling.  And now ????  I’m telling her to work hard, keep doing productive thingsshe she enjoys (as much to keep her from being depressed as to add to a college resume) and it will work out. But, I have no idea whether that’s true. Finding a Coursera sequence that was similar to her summer plans helped. But yikes. She’s facing a crappy junior year.

Anyone else whose heart is breaking for their high schooler want to form a support group?  Yes, I know she could have dead family members and it’s small potatoes in the big scheme. But, it’s still hard.

Sorry to derail. One of those parenting days.  :cry: [/quote]

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