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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your kids should dive into ECs they love and that enriches their lives, not check boxes off to get into some school.

If the things they have chosen to immerse themselves in aren't "good enough" for a school then I'd argue the child isn't a fit in the first place.

Expecting kids to just do random things they have zero interest in for the purposes of getting into one of these schools is entirely stupid, let them enjoy their ECs and go from there.  Anyone who does otherwise is setting their kids up for a lifetime of stress  having been micromanaged to death to the point they can't even follow their own interests[/quote]

you are assuming that there is always a stark line between activities students are passionate about, on one hand, and activities required to get into a selective college, on the other.

but this is not the case[b]. a lot of kids are not particularly passionate about any of their activities, even ones they excel at. [/b]meanwhile, it's not quite clear what colleges are looking for, either. it makes sense that people are trying to figure that out..[/quote]

if they aren't passionate about it, they probably aren't defined by those ECs. In which, sadly, they aren't important enough to make or break your candidacy.
Or its good enough for a T50-100....[/quote]

It's a bit young to be defined by something at 17 don't you think?

I mean how many recruited athletes are defined by their sport once classes start?[/quote]

they don't need to be defined for it forever!!!but yes, they need SOMETHING to build a narrative off of.[/quote]

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