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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Magnet high school, 4.0 unweighted, tons of rigor, SAT over 1500 (based on PSAT scores, he hasn't taken it). But all of his EC's are either art or sports or work. Zero STEM EC's. Where would a kid like that end up for engineering or maybe CS?[/quote] OP, I think your kid will be just fine. He sounds like a great kid. Since he loves to be hands on, he can try to bring an engineering or technology perspective to his school set design EC. In his essays, he can look at combining or integrating engineering with arts. He can add one or two more ECs, if he has the inclination and time. In general, T20 type schools are the ones looking for super focused or highly unique ECs/accomplishments. State schools look at academics, rigor, test scores and that the kid has ECs. Look at publics and the T20-60 range for engineering and he will be fine. CS may be a crapshoot just because it is becoming very competitive everywhere.[/quote]
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