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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What are his ECs? Favorite subjects?[/quote]

EC: Top player on high school sports team & outside sport as well, volunteers with the special olympics and officer at the best buddies club at school. Works as a coach and referee. Favorite subjects are the social sciences (AP Gov, history classes). Favorite subjects tend to be very teacher-dependent. One year it might be math and another year it's history. [/quote]

My kids sounds very similar, although he's not not very good at math.  Special Olympics is one of his very favorite things. He's decided he wants to be an occupational therapist, although if he was better at math, I think he'd have chosen Physical Therapist.

He decided to apply to dual degree programs where he can continue on to the OTD, and complete both degrees in one year less.  Those degrees tend to be offered at regional universities, so his list of acceptances isn't one that DCUM would love, but he's thrilled with here he got in, and excited to go.  He plans to major in Psychology.  [/quote]

Where is he going? Psych is oversubscribed at top schools. [/quote]

He hasn't decided yet, but has several good options. He's gotten in anywhere he applies. He will end up at a school that DCUM doesn't love, because those are the schools that have the combined degree program.  
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