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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^ I know you want clay pot mowing lawns running through sprinklers and waiting tables for your DC, and that's fine, you picked a different vehicle.  but don't judge others.[/quote]

A different vehicle?? A generation ago, that pointiness/nonprofit/published book/lab research/recruited-Div III-athlete  vehicles weren’t even a thing for almost all of of us who applied to selective colleges. We had the same activities as our peers who went the state school route. We ran through sprinklers, played on the same Little league or school teams, did the same National Honor society/science fair clubs, etc. We all relied on our high school counselors (or ourselves). The current state of College admissions has really created a new class of applicants who have differentiated themselves in very curated, packaged, almost artificial ways. The judgment comes from the potential psychological and social fallout from too much curating. [/quote]

Too quick to criticize others.  Sounds more like you already have an agenda, rather than engaging in a conversation.

Where do you find that PP's DC's activities "curated, packaged, almost artificial?"  Tell me.

[i][u]volunteer soccer coach for kids; 
pianist for school choir and volunteer piano teacher for elementary students; 
president of literacy club that tutors kids and fundraises for low income school libraries; 
also cit and lifeguard at summer camp for 3 summers. 
She had some pointy research with several publications and tied this to a future career in child psych[/u].[/i]

Now, can you really force a teen to do things she refuses to do?  If you are a parent you would know it's nearly impossible.  OP's child refused, OP came here exactly because these are things parents cannot "curated, packaged" if the kid is not interested in them.  OP is frustrated.[/quote]

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