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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS is entering middle school. Academically good, is in GT courses, musically talented, has played piano for several years but not at the eleven of winning competitions, not interested in sports, inclined towards stem, Asian. Both immigrant parents with no insight into college admissions here. 
What parents with little knowledge of the college process here. What advice would you give such a kid in terms of what he can do now in order to get into a good college?[/quote]

Please, please, please, do not mention college before your child's sophomore year in college. Just don't! Encourage your kid to do what they want to do, what interests them. Childhood is to be enjoyed. Let them be excited about something or things. Do not ruin your child's childhood by pushing him or her to excel, and definitely not now, while they are growing and learning in middle school. Of course you want your child to be academically challenged, but that's so they enjoy school, not so they will get into a good college. And the definition of a "good" college is so subjective. My kids went to a college that accepts 70% of its applicants and had a great time and got a great education. They are doing extremely well now. I encouraged them to get prestigious internships, which they did, and those helped with grad school and jobs.

But wait, wait, wait for all of this, OP. Childhood is so short!!!!! Make it fun for your kid!!!!

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