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Another person did this and I thought it was a great idea. Need help coming up with a list.

DS 
physics 
UW GPA - 3.95
WGPA - 4.7
SAT - if PSAT is a guide, will be 1550 or above 
Decent ECs but nothing too unusual - music and a weird sport
Will have had 1 Internship 
No hooks 
Competitive MD public

Looking for a medium-size school, east coast, Midwest or south (likes the idea of warm weather) not a party school or heavy Greek system

We definitely have ideas (Rice is one I’d like him to apply to, eg) but I’m curious to see if there are ideas we haven’t considered.

Hope the original PP doesn’t mind me piggybacking here.

My big issue is that I don’t know if it’s a good idea for him to focus on schools with amazing physics programs or just some place with great undergraduate teaching, since he will likely go to graduate school. [/quote]

If the internship is full time (in summer) and paid, and you don’t mind a Hail Mary, try Harvard! My DD knows lots of physics majors there. The weird sport might make your DS interesting to them. [/quote]

Disagree, op’s son definitely a strong student but doesn’t have the extracurriculars it takes for an unhooked kid to get into Harvard.  Weird sport won’t do it.[/quote]

If the application fee isn’t a deterrent you never know. Kind of a case in point of what “holistic admissions” actually means . I mean if colleges produce all leaders, who is following them?  I also wish there was a way to see those with incredible high school extracurricular and if that correlates to real life leaders.  The best transformative annd motivational experience I ever had was waitressing in high school. I’m not a AO but if I was would 100% prioritize waitressing/food service/grocery store work and a quirky sport over a “passion project” “demonstrating leadership”. [/quote]

+100

The schools appear to prefer kids publishing books no one reads and founding nonprofits left and right. CollegeVine even maps these ECs out at different levels. It’s better to be a captain than a mere teammate. It’s better to have a YouTube channel with X followers than with few followers.

We would have been smarter to play this game but my senior could not have been less interested.  But my senior’s school is full of kids who started fake businesses and nonprofits. [/quote]

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