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[quote=Anonymous]I agree with OP's original analysis.

I think OP needs to explain that college admissions really has changed now, and that being smart is no longer enough to be confident even of admission to UMCP.  Make it clear that if DC has no non-academic differentiator then their college admissions offers might be limited to colleges visibly below UMCP.

I know a lot of MIT graduates. Being smart is required there but is not enough. They are receiving applications from HS students with strong STEM-based ECs.

Maybe if DC wants to study STEM, and only if DC is a US Citizen (green card is not good enough), then DC can try to get a HS internship at a local Federal lab (e.g., NSWC at Carderock, NIH, NIST in G'burg, ARL in Adelphi, FDA's lab at White Oak, or NRL in DC).  That would be something to put on a resume, and it might also validate that DC really wants STEM.  Some local defense contractors also have HS summer internships (e.g., Aerospace Corp, CNA, LMCO, Mitre, NG). [/quote]

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