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[quote=Anonymous]My sense is that the further down you go in terms of selectivity, the less likely it is to matter.

But like many other choices re high school courses and ECs, this is a question of trade-offs and risk tolerance. Will Davidson hold it against her as a humanities major? Probably not. But maybe they will. How does she feel about taking  that risk? What would it cost her to reduce that risk by doubling up? How does she feel about that?

If you’re mentoring her about college, I think this is a great topic to introduce. The hard truth is that there are few clear answers and minimal certainty about how her choices now will actually impact her results in a few years.

But in the end, it’s HER life, and I think it’s appropriate for high school students to take ownership and think about these things in an active way. It’s not easy. In our case, our DD would much prefer certainty. But the conversations about it re various decisions have helped her feel more empowered and engaged with her academic and EC choices. Sometimes she chooses the better-safe-than-sorry approach, sometimes she doesn’t. But she’s grown tremendously as a result of the process! [/quote]

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