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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD attends a challenging HS and has great grades and truly amazing test scores with minimal studying. She's sure to get good teacher recommendations and has taken a good amount of APs. In school, she's a model student and I know I'm her parent, but she's a really smart kid. Out of school, however, she's totally unmotivated. No extracurriculars. None. She used to do some, but quit due to dislike. Watches TV all the time and gets her homework done by procrastinating then freaking out. Obsessed with comedy shows and writing, yet completely unwilling to try and make that a hobby at least. That's almost entirely due to her social anxiety, but now that she's a senior there's no way to start over. What kind of school wants a student who's very weak on extracurriculars but very good on academics? Is there hope?[/quote]

Foreign Schools - but she has to be really good academically - if you want to apply to oxbridge, you can only pick one or the other and your interview will be focused in the field you want to study.

McGill

Some State schools. [/quote]

I agree with the foreign schools recommendation. We did a tour of some Canadian schools - they are only interested in grades/scores. It was rather refreshing that you don't have to fake an interest in extra-curriculars.

I'm not American - I find this whole "well-rounded" student concept a bit bewildering. [/quote]

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