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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Based on my pre-Covid experience as an alum interviewer for my mellow, supportive NESCAC school, I don't think it's necessary to have a boatload of extracurriculars, but an applicant needs to show some energy and persistence in pursuit of some area of interest.  That can be a sport or theatre or music or visual art or debate or whatever, but there's got to be something beyond the GPA and test scores.  For NESCAC schools, and I think for SLACs in general, the alum interview can sometimes be a thumb on the scale in support of an applicant who doesn't have a resume showing extraordinary achievement or leadership in an extracurricular.  That said, the declined applicant I most remember being sad about was a quiet kid whose major extracurricular was writing and illustrating an unpublished graphic novel.  I wrote the most positive interview report possible, but the applicant was not accepted, despite being a legacy who applied early.     [/quote]

See, now, this is interesting information. Can you share more stories? Can you start an Ask Me Anything? [/quote]

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