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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem with this entire thread is that it is all about what the parent wants and what the parent should do and leaves the child entirely out of the picture. Honestly, with thousands of kids vying for each spot at a university with acceptance rates of less than 10% the odds are against your child no matter how much you engineer their life so that you get bragging rights. This is unhealthy for you and your child. Moreover, today's special formula for admissions could change in the next 6 years (and likely will)  and everything you engineered could be out of favor. Colleges used to want the well-rounded kid. Now they want the pointy kid. Who knows what they will want nex? &Let your child choose activities he or she enjoys and finds meaningful. They will be a lot less likely to hate you when they are adults--and are likely to better adjusted and happier individuals.  Ivy League does not equal success in life. Neither does it mean you have been a successful parent. [/quote]

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Plus, admissions committees can smell the manufactured, engineered resume from miles away.  [/quote]  Six years is a long time.  The well rounded kid used to be in vogue with colleges.  Now well-rounded is the preverbal kiss of death ala jack of all trades and master of none.  No kids are supposed to have a passion that they have to have been striving to make significant achievements via awards, internships, research, etc to the exclusion of all else--plus leadership.  [/quote]

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