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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS is entering middle school. Academically good, is in GT courses, musically talented, has played piano for several years but not at the eleven of winning competitions, not interested in sports, inclined towards stem, Asian. Both immigrant parents with no insight into college admissions here. 
What parents with little knowledge of the college process here. What advice would you give such a kid in terms of what he can do now in order to get into a good college?[/quote]

You want to stand out as an Asian?  Get your kid involved in sports. Not being facetious, at all.

Basically a ticket into most colleges, is to be good at a sport, if you are Asian. [/quote]

Can you please elaborate on this? Are you talking about being a recruited athlete? Because what's the point if you're not? Does being an athlete still help you? Thanks.[/quote]

Of course if you're recruited it will help. It helps anyone. Asian family friend at an FCPS HS has a daughter who was recruited to play volleyball and got in EA at Brown.

Moreover, playing a team sport will show that your Asian DC can work with others and is not an introverted grind.

That said, if your Asian DC is at the level of Chloe Kim, Eileen Gu, Tiger Woods, Nathan Chen then playing an individual sport will help DC get into HYPS (e.g., your kid is still a "grind", since it takes a lot of time and effort to play at this level, just not a stereotypical Asian grind and one that wins an Olympic medal or the Masters).  [/quote]

Nice work PP stereotyping Asians as introverted grinds. [/quote]

I didn't interpret this as PP stereotyping Asians.  I interpreted it as advice offered to help hedge against admission officers' stereotypes.  Which suck and and are incredibly unfair.  But if that's what OP's DS is up against, it's good to have a plan.

I know that OP said their DS is not at the level of a recruited athlete, but for those who are, I do think race could play a positive role in certain situations.  It's not going to push a non-recruited athlete into the recruited category.  But when it comes down to deciding among top-level recruiting candidates, I think many schools/coaches are eager to build more diverse teams.  Especially for sports like lacrosse, volleyball, and others that have not been diverse historically.

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