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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is similar, equally strong in all subjects and didn't want to be forced into focusing on stem over humanities so did both all through HS including in his EC's (did have strong leadership and a couple of national level competition awards).  He focused on the colleges that either were single college applications (Yale and UChicago are two) or those that have interdisciplinary studies programs.  He did great in RD and is at an Ivy.   He found it easy to write essays for schools with that academic approach. [/quote]

My kid aced every academic area, took the most difficult AP in every area and had 5s in those most difficult ones by the time of the applications. They were top of class/top SAT, significant awards/honors in humanities and Stem and also had years of experience in the arts. At an Ivy, RD, and got into multiple other top-10 schools. Ivies expect strength across disciplines. One can have a strong academic interest or not, but breadth and performance across all disciplines is table stakes for unhooked kids like mine at the top schools. At least half of the unhooked kids there seem to have excelled at everything in high school. 
OP if your kid is really a top student (straight As can mean top third these days) and has top rigor, go for the ivies. They can explore fields, study anything they want, many double-major in disparate fields, and do not have to declare until sophomore year. [/quote]

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