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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Reading about how well rounded kids are disfavored by top schools made me wonder how I should advise my DS. He's a rising sophomore, so nothing is set in stone.

Based on his grades and rigor, he is on track to be interested in the most rejective schools. He doesn't yet have any scores, but historically he's a strong test taker, so I believe that he is capable of top scores.

His main ECs are a robotics team that is highly ranked internationally (and even after 9th grade, he's a leader on the team) and an unusual individual sport. He's not interested in the majors that many of his robotics teammates are (CS, ME, ECE, etc) and is[b] leaning more toward math or statistics or some sort of quantitative social science[/b]. He doesn't have time to add another high time commitment EC and he doesn't want to drop robotics. Has he ruled himself out of selective schools because his ECs don't "match" his intended major?

(I don't know what he'll do in the next two summers)[/quote]

What is his HS like? He'll be competing against other kids, so if the other math kids are doing competitions all the time, he will need to stand out.
What type of quantitative social science is he thinking of?[/quote]

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