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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Knife fight? 
 
I wonder if it will become easier for a brief period if there is backlash to the extreme over packaging of applicants. That WSJ article has seriously got to get AOs wondering if they need to change tack.

Not college… but my child is currently applying to extremely selective boarding schools. We will need partial aid so they know we are middle/upper middle class.

The AOs have told us how lovely and authentic our kid’s EC list is. Because most of the kids applying are ALREADY packaged. And they are only 13. My son loves animals and raises and partially trains Guide Dog puppies. It is hugely time consuming. But he loves it. And he has cultivated tremendous compassion for people with disability as a result. It forces him to put himself in their place. He is a terrific student, but didn’t bother with a bunch of time sucking competitions because of his work with the dogs. And he likes surfing.

Will he lose out to some kid from Manhattan who has been playing two instruments since birth and competes in every conceivable academic competition? Maybe. But maybe not. And I would argue that just being yourself is, in fact, “easier”.

I agree with you that more people want the same desirable thing. But I also think there might be a loosening of how to access it. Which makes it more of a lottery for all, not just a lottery for the few.

Not yet clear to me what to make of the cliff. Feels more like a small, gentle drop. But I do think we are near fever pitch in a multitude of ways. And something very well might shake out. [/quote]

How will he be able to continue the dog work at boarding school? [/quote]

Heh... it's a totally organic interest calculated to get him into a selective boarding school where he will develop another totally organic interest without ever giving one thought to Harvard. Meanwhile the mom of the surf boy will continue to rant against some imaginaryManhattan kid "playing two instruments" :lol: as if they are pursuing some convoluted ploy to an elite college.[/quote]

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