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[quote=Anonymous]Like most swimmers, my son is in the pool about 320 days a year. He has his club team, HS team and summer team. He has very, very little time. 
He coaches and gives private lessons too.  
He has one good student government role (not President).

He’s hoping to be recruited to a D1 mid major or D3 SLAC. Grades will be ok - I’d guess a 3.8-3.9 UW with 6-7 APs. Current sophomore so SAT unknown.

Does he need to fill up his application with some more activities? I worry he has so much depth in athletics but other than SSL hours, he has very little else.

Any suggestions? My feeling is he needs one activity that is of some significance and maybe also Art club or related that is not too time consuming but highlights another genuine non academic interest. He is a very good artist but hasn’t had time to develop- maybe focus here?

What do colleges care about? I don’t want to bother with expensive teen programs everyone gets into and did just to put on an application.

Any activities that you think AO are impressed by?[/quote]

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