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[quote=Anonymous]Here’s a hopefully helpful post for you, OP. I have twins finishing their first year in college. When they were applying, one was very spiky and the other was a generalist. Sounds like you may have one of the latter, and that’s great! I’d have your kid lean into doing a breadth of activities at a contributor level (eg the school play, a rec sport, volunteering at the library), one activity at a leadership level (eg treasurer of a club) and then get a real job every summer. Then maintain rigor and high GPA, study for and do well on SAT/ACT. Finally, cultivate good relationships with a few teachers, coaches or other adults who can write personal and specific recommendations. That’s it! Forget the spike, it’s too late if it hasn’t revealed itself by now. My generalist is at a T5 school. Good luck to your child and enjoy the next few years; they go quickly![/quote]
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