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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I post in this forum.

I think that in this forum, there are lots of posts by people who want their kid to go to Ivies, or Stanford, etc . . . If that's your goal, then in order to meet that goal, your kid will need a lot of EC's, and super high grades, and tons of rigor.  But that doesn't mean that it's a good goal.  Figuring yourself out, having a great high school experience, getting into the college that's a match for you, might be better goals.

Also, I think sometimes people catastrophize.  There was a post.  There was a post a while ago where someone said "my freshman isn't planning to do any activities" and people replied that he'd never get into a good college, and his future would be ruined.

In reality the most likely outcome is that the freshman will change his mind.  Because that's what freshmen do.  So, making college predictions in August before freshman year is pointless.  Even if kid doesn't change his mind there are plenty of great potential outcomes.  But he'll probably change his mind.  And colleges are not going to reject him because he didn't decide to join clubs until November.  [/quote]

Excellent post! Both of my ivy kids (‘22,’24) joined clubs freshman year that they dropped within a year or two and were never put on the app because they had become meaningless once they were filling out the common app senior year: many more opportunities had occurred, new clubs joined and mobility to leadership, as well as outside of school pursuits. The most important job of a freshman is get the highest grades they can in the most challenging classes that suit them whatever level that is. [/quote]

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