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[b]OK, he'll get a summer job cooking french fries. But that doesn't make him particularly compelling to any competitive colleges, right? [/b]

He shows no drive or enthusiasm for anything besides gaming. We couldn't afford any good summer camps or activities for him that his friends did. We sent him to the cheap county or federally funded stuff in middle school and he hated it and refuses to go to anything that's free or cheap anymore. Honestly they are really poorly run, so I stopped forcing him to go for the experience.

He has this idea he'll get into some competitive/selective colleges because of his grades and test scores, but I'm thinking that's not likely, and especially not likely for merit scholarships. State school is most likely?

It's important to be realistic (not harsh, but realistic) with him about what it takes to get into a selective school-maybe on College Confidential you could find some profiles of students getting into the schools he thinks he's interested in. And, he can get a great education at a state school, even a non-top-tier state school, but he should realize now that he is making choices about his future. Does he get an allowance/everything provided by you? Maybe a job and providing for some of his own wants would be good for him.   
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I think the colleges--even competitive ones-- very much like to see students who have held a job, and have learned the responsibility, humility and money management that comes with that, even if it's a simple job like cooking fries.

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Many admissions directors have clearly stated that place far more value on a child holding down a job than on some manufactured charity mission to Nicaragua.[/quote]

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