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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the kids I know it was usually one of the two:

[b]1. ECs were not that strong and/or couldn't convey the drive behind the ECs.[/b]
2. Put lots of effort into preparing the app for their top choice, got rejected or deferred in the early round, were blindsided by that and spread themselves too thin preparing apps for another 20 top schools.   [/quote]

Please. The core period of these kids' high school experience was during the pandemic. Strong EC opportunities were not even available to most of them, especially in this area.[/quote]

I guess you did not read the second part of that sentence.  [/quote]

Sure I did.[/quote]

Nope.  The kids who had part time jobs in retail and food places kept working for most of the pandemic.  The kids who built websites and apps, participated at hackathons, edited school newspapers, painted, wrote fiction, etc, kept going as well.  The kids who were into music learned how to do multi-track recordings on their iphones and put out lots of cool stuff together with their friends.   Debate competitions were online, full force.  One kid I know, a fitness buff, started a business doing personal training online.  Plus all the political activism, providing virtual visits to the elderly, organizing grocery delivery for the high risk people, there were lots of opportunities during the pandemic for those who wanted them.  [/quote]

You don’t live in the DC area, do you?[/quote]

I live in NYC.  Almost all that I wrote above was done online and did not require teachers' participation, so not sure what could stop the high school kids in DC.[/quote]

Much of what you wrote could not be done online, and was not happening in person in the DC area. Stop spreading false narratives.[/quote]

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