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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Best advice: develop a narrative beginning in ninth grade. Not kidding. If your kid likes debate, make sure they attend state or national conferences or write an op ed about a presidential debate.start a debate club at school, find any way you can to get some sort of state or national level recognition over the next four years. It’s all gimmicks but … it’s what admissions committees want to see.[/quote]

in general, Admissions likes to see your kid pick an activity and focus on it.  So let them do what they like and do it more in-depth in HS.  Much better to spend 20 hours/week+ on a single activity than to randomly do a few hours here or there where it's obviuosly they are just ticking off the boxes versus genuine interest.

another benefit is your kid will enjoy HS much more and be happier with life.  Cannot imagine crafting a kid's entire HS existence in order to gain admission to a T20 school and then "fail".  Versus letting them be genuine and seeing what happens.  My kid did that, missed out on the T25s, but is attending a T40 and it's the perfect fit for them. Does not regret the choices they made in HS (that might have cost them a T25).  They are happier and excelling at life

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