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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sophomore DS is at one of the top DC publics and getting straight As and looks likely to get a 1520-1560 SAT based on testing to date.

Loves his niche sport, but is at the top 25% of the crowd, not top 10%.

Great at English and history and can knowledgeably talking to anything he reads and politics but does zero reading on his own.

Probably top of his class for math but seems to care nothing about experimentation or fixing things. In science, he gets everything right but is bored that the classes just seem to be teaching a lot of rote concepts and don’t seem to do anything interesting. Teachers he likes least are the science teachers.

Has an strong interest in volunteering in the human assistance sense (think Martha’s Table) but not in any resume building way.

Very pliable/directable but also a capable leader at any task he’s set. I am sure as an adult he would be someone people would love to hire - very conscientious and enterprising within tasks he has been given. Good habits, positive anttitude, and doesn’t get distracted, not phone or video game obsessed, etc.

He just doesn’t have that personal passion project where he can demonstrate proactively that he is tremendously capable and interested in X, Y, or Z. And he doesn’t seem to have a professional direction at age 16 that this forum seems to think kids need while still teenagers.

What do you do with a very capable generalist?  Somebody here must have experience with kids like this. [/quote]

My goodness, that’s a lot of words to say you have a regular kid who tests well.[/quote]

This (though she is guessing he will end up testing well). Mom is asking about a kid where he has 1 full year of grades, no actual testing done yet, and

Does no extra reading, is avg at his sport, not interested in experimentation or fixing things (despite claiming science class bores him - meaning still no extra steps on his own), no massive impact or leadership related to service work, yet mom is certain that at 16 he nevertheless will be someone people love to hire.

Not sure where OP gets that he is a capable leader because he sounds more like a worker bee (can effectively do what he’s told) but not a proactive problem solver.

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