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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One last thing, he should relate his experiences in his voice.  You can help with editing with a light touch.  His voice is what may sway an AO.[/quote]

Yes, that’s the plan, he is writing his own essay and he is a fairly decent writer too. [/quote]

What kinds of reading could he talk about?  Honestly, I feel like reading real books is declining among teens.  There might be an angle there.  Does he read books that would impress an AO or a teacher?  Could he call out some of his favorites?

I'm the person who talked about a career interest inventory.  Could you maybe help him read through the list of majors at the schools you want him to go to and discuss them with him?  
That's what I did with my kid.  I printed off the entire list of majors and had him put a star by the ones that he thought he'd be interested in.  Then I discussed with him what I knew about those majors.  And then he derived some ideas of what to look for at the 5 schools he applied to.

A tip I have for working with today's students is to use videos (usually ones filmed by current students) to preview campuses and application processes etc.  My kids were more interested in videos than reading books about going to college.  There are lots to choose from.  Here's a random example I picked just to show you the genre.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e-CITmP10c[/youtube][/quote]

Thank you! I will show him some videos and we will try to figure out a major or two or more.

As to reading, yes, he is reading some “real” books, I asked him what he liked and he said Catcher in the Rye, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and The Secret History. I mean, at least I know two of those books lol [/quote]

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