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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our experience was that Macalester is holistic, actually cares about well-rounded individuals or something.

[b]My fear would be that the Admissions Committee saw she had done nothing else and concluded that she was a grind who had to work really hard for her good grades vs. someone who was naturally smart.  They may conclude that she did no extracurriculars because it was a struggle for her to get those grades or that she spent all her time being tutored, going to Stanley Kapla[/b]n, etc.

Best not leave those ten spaces for extracurriculars blank.  Heck she must do something other than watching TV.  Does she have a favorite author and has she read all the author's books?  Is she involved with church?

It's really dangerous for you to present her to colleges as 'here's someone who won't contribute to the college community at all.'  There will be someone else with the exact same grades PLUS extracurriculars and that will be your competition.[/quote]

Yes, that is exactly the kind of student that colleges don't want. College in the US is about more than academics; students live together and form a community, so schools are looking for students who will contribute to and further that community. They want students who are involved with their interests in some way. So, a writer could help with the newspaper or literary journal, a musician could play in the orchestra or band, an actor can be in plays, etc. All the different types of things that make the college a more enjoyable or interesting place to be. The only way a college can tell if a kid will be a contributor to the community is if they have a track record of being that type of person in high school.
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