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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks all - he is interested in science.  When discussing college he IDed “marine biology” as a possible major.  He has zero experience with marine bio other than he took AP bio this year and got a 5 on the exam.  I encouraged him to do a two week marine bio program this summer and he wouldn’t do it.  He has no motivation aside from doing well in school, which isn’t overly hard for him.  This summer he is sleeping in, hanging out with friends at the beach, and golfing.  I honestly don’t think he would start a club, or volunteer - he has no interest in spending his time that way and I don’t want to fight over it even if it means getting into a rice/wash U instead of a lower ranked school.

Desire for prestige is coming from him - when he was brainstorming a college list he said his first choice was MIT and then would like to either Penn or Brown.  That isn’t realistic.  [/quote]

Stop talking your kid down and look at the positives.  He is smart with fantastic grades in the top of the class. He is a multi sport athlete and volunteered.

He hasn’t identified a school of interest do you need to find some with bio programs and schedule some trips.

About a year ago, my son randomly said he could get into Harvard.  He might have said he was going to be in the NBA or the next Taylor Swift, it was that unrealistic.  Rather than crushing him, I found some realistic places and we’ve spent the last year low stress occasionally going on tours when we traveled.  He’s the same age as your kid.

He’s figured now, kind of like Goldilocks, which places are too big, which are too small and which he sort of likes.  We didn’t tour schools he couldn’t get into but mine didn’t actually care about prestige.  [/quote]

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