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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's fine. Some kids aren't joined and don't like activities, it's no big deal. You can still have a great childhood and become a responsible, productive adult. I'd only encourage maybe in high school to help get into college. [/quote]

You must have very young children. There will be few activities left for your kid to do if you wait until they're high schoolers to enroll them in something. It's a competitive, wealthy area. Most kids start instruments in elementary. Most kids start their preferred sport in elementary. If your kid shows up in high school trying to make the team, and they haven't done any sports regularly, they won't get in, or if it's no-cut, they won't keep up. Private teams will be out of the question. Same for music. A high school beginner will be in the beginner orchestra at school, and won't be get into any of this area's private youth orchestras. And since most families targeting decent colleges have kids with a long history of extra-curriculars, by comparison, your kid's school-only pursuits are going to look very meager.

Also, since you're that uninformed, here's the price of a private college or university these days: 70-100K a year, total cost of attendance. Georgetown is 93K a year, George Washington at least 85K (as of last year). UMD is 30K. UVA is 40K. Yes, you can get financial aid, but it's usually very small and doesn't cover even half the tuition, and it's mostly in the forms of loans. You can only get merit aid if you're a stand-out... which means interesting extra-curriculars...

Maybe all you parents of young kids should look into the College Forum every now and then.  
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