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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My oldest is only 14 and not even in high school yet but I have heard of kids who seem perfect on paper get shut out.

I actually started a thread yesterday about parent involvement in starting non profits and businesses for their kids to look good for college admissions. I am not confident my kids can get admitted into a top college in today’s climate. It seems you need something unique and special. My kids are smart, play multiple sports well and are just your typical well redounded UMC kid. I’m still undecided if I want to jump through hoops to help my children have impressive sounding fluff for their college admissions or just let them be (likely not do anything especially impressive besides typical school clubs and sports).[/quote]
For your sanity and theirs-let them be. [/quote]

Colleges can read between the lines when it comes to parental involvement. If your kids play multiple sports are they good enough at any of those sports to get recruited D1 or D3? Unless your kid is getting national awards for their academics and the valedictorian, I would highly recommend having them specialize in the sport that they are most likely to get recruited for (assuming they are above average right now). Your kid can get into a good college without a hook (and I'm not even talking about legacy, who knows what will happen with that) but it's really a coin toss. A hook + ED application will help a lot. Help them get better at the sport they are most likely to get recruited in instead of helping them start a nonprofit that will probably do nothing for your community (it's also hard to start a nonprofit) or if you really want to go the nonprofit route, have them organize a race or something like that to benefit a nonprofit [/quote]

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