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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, think about it. You have two applicants. Applicant A has high grades and scores and was in band, debate team, choir, environmental club, glee club, art club, science club, toastmasters for teens, DECA, basketball, track, Spanish club, yearbook, cross country, volunteered for a local marathon, volunteers at an animal shelter once a month, likes anime and drawing. Applicant two also has high grades and decent test scores. This applicant is a double black belt in Taekwondo after taking it consistently for twelve years, assists in teaching taekwondo class to littles on Saturday mornings and mentors and inspires them as a Wednesday volunteer math tutor at the dojo during after school care, is in orchestra as first chair cello and plays in a fun quartet on the side, has taken Latin all four years of HS which was hard, is a member of a local "make it" organization that makes robots that compete in local and regional competitions, applicant's team of four placed second at a recent regional meet. That's applicant two's resume in total. Which applicant gives you a better idea of who they are as a person on first read? Who seems more attached to very specific interests over time that tell a simple story and offers a concrete through line as to what the person is all about? I think it's pretty clear.[/quote]

They are the same amount of overpackaged to me.

First one is somewhat like my DC1 but he had fewer activities.  My DC2 is like applicant 2.  Both kids are overstretched but competitive by today's standards.  DC2 isn't as productive, conformist, or social as DC1 which is the reason why he doesn't have the breadth of activities.  Both are cool, funny kids.

BTW, in real life, the productive, conformist, social people usually win out for pay and promotions.  What any given college likes on any given day may depend on whether they need someone around to justify having a Latin professor.

BTW, my DC2 has decided to reject his packaging and start going in some different directions.  Original goal was a top ten engineering school (flagship) and language was Chinese (we are not Asian).
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