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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP: you’ve gotten some great advice here and I don’t really think there’s anything else anyone can say. I would expand your list. There are schools that will value your kid more than Duke and Vanderbilt.

Your kid should also try to improve their profile to be more competitive and memorable:

- Get a summer internship at library of congress or similar federal library/museum. Tie job into Americas 250th & history.

- Write AP capstone on related 250th offshoot topic tied to niche interest.

- get LOR from both. [/quote]

This is really excellent advice![/quote]

This is really great advice. I am PP with a kid rejected by Duke RD after ED deferral. Being econ major was an issue, I think. Duke recently did loosed that their priorities are humanities and interpretive social sciences.

https://dukechronicle.com/article/duke-chronicle-admissions-officers-discuss-enrollment-targets-challenges-in-arts-and-sciences-council-diversity-artificial-intelligence-transfers-academics-20260410[/quote]

Who are the people saying it is "great" or "excellent" advice telling a current junior to just go get a summer internship at the library of congress/federal library/museum in almost-May, then tell them what to do during that internship (so they can tie it to the country's 250th bday) + take AP capstone to write about it (without knowing whether the kid even took year one of the required two year capstone course)?

This is so stupid. Unless you have nepotism in your favor for the job, this isn't happening.[/quote]

It doesn't have to be the Library of Congress. Be creative - use your networks to get your kid an internship. The kid with the max APs should be doing AP capstone as a poli sci/history/econ major (and if not, well, probably isn't really competitive anyway).

People need to think harder and be creative. No one here has a roadmap for you. But my kid JUST got an internship last week. There is stuff still out there, but you need to WORK IT.[/quote]

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