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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Start instagram acct reviewing or highlighting books.
My friend’s son did one for music and he seriously has like 15K people following. In 6 months. It’s crazy.[/quote]

Ugh. Opens up the teen to all kinds of idiots out there on social media. From what OP said it sounds like reviews on Instagram would be a complete turnoff for her DD.  Just, no.

To the OP: You mentioned Model UN and tossed that off as if it's nothing. It's a great activity. Why so dismissive?

Please focus more on ensuring she can write well and fluidly and can express who she is and what motivates her. Any student who can write well is going to (a) do better in college and (b) do better on college applications. Better to be a kid who can write with genuine enthusiasm about how a certain book changed her life, than to be a kid who crammed in a bunch of "president of club Z, founded my own charity Y" stuff in HS just to pad a resume. Colleges DO see through the resume-padding activities, by the way.

If she wants to start a book club at school, that would be fantastic--and genuine. Being her genuine self will actually help her on admissions, not hurt her.

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