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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Things have gotten beyond ridiculous for the kids. I long for the 90’s when the thing to do was lifeguard, wait tables, babysit, work in a store. Normal jobs for normal teenagers during normal times. Many of These same teenagers still went on to selective schools with their genuine selves intact. [/quote]

These are great activities if aiming for Wisconsin[/quote]

What’s wrong with Wisconsin? It’s not Duke but it’s an excellent university. No wonder this process is a mess and messing up so many kids- this kind of thinking and ranking and categorizing [/quote]

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