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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What does your child want?  My high-stats but introverted kid stated that she did not want to go to school with competitive overachievers anymore after 4 years in her competitive HS.  She is happy at a smaller LAC that is well-regarded (and in the top 15, if you're into rankings). 
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Mine may do the same....and that'll be great!  We'll see, but a lot of those LAS also say the same about showing passions through activities and leadership.[/quote]

Don't over-stress about this.   My kid (attending smaller LAC above) had consistency in her activities.(maybe you could call that "passion"?)  All her clubs and volunteering related to animals and/or environmental issues but she was not a leader, just a participant. Her essay was about a quirky pastime of hers (and life lessons learned from it).   Her application showed who she was.  The strong academics/scores were the most important part, and the rest of it showed her following through on areas of interest.
Think about what is more important.  "Packaging" your kid to fit them into the profile you think top colleges want or giving your kid opportunity to explore their interests and be themselves and finding a college that fits them.    Are you sending the message "you can't achieve anything unless you are not true to yourself" or [b]"you have many strengths that will lead you to success[/b]". [/quote]

Thanks!   Your story (and others) help to see how to take what they actually want to do (and what they did participate in) and apply it to this component of the process that is normally described using extroverts as examples.  It would totally be against my child's nature to go and sign up for a million things - and have never asked them to do so.  Again - not looking for DC to not be true to self but asking how introverts show the second part (in bold).[/quote]

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