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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was having similar thoughts to the PP who posted above about her kids not being very outgoing or quirky or at the popular kids lunch table. My daughter is very shy. She won't be running for president of student council or the president / leader of every club she belongs to, etc. Are the admissions officers thinking about getting a mix of students who are not really type A about those kinds of things? All the people I've known who got into highly selective schools (e.g. Princeton, Stanford, Harvard) were the president of everything, really outgoing and confident leader types. My child isn't like that. She is confident about her academic abilities, but she isn't a take-charge leader personality. I'm curious about what the admissions officers at selective schools think of those kinds of kids. OP if you are still responding, what do you think? (And I should clarify that I'm not stressing that she won't get into HYP or her life is over. I want her to find a good fit for her personality and interests, but I am just curious about selective schools in general.)[/quote]

My kid's like yours and is happy at UChicago.  Harvard and Stanford are pretty extroverted/networky/ambitious/can-do kinds of places and value that spirit even among their nerdy kids.  Princeton's nerds are often quieter.  Chicago's are talkative and friendly (albeit shy initially) but tend to be do-my-own thing types rather than would-be leaders/organizers.  Different elite schools are looking for different things (and/or making different bets on what kind of people will be powerful). [/quote]

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