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[quote=Anonymous]This was my D too, and a lot of her friends. She didn't plan to play her sport (soccer) in college despite playing at the highest travel club level, varsity captain, etc. but she deeply loved it and the community that went along with it in high school so we encouraged her to continue with it despite the huge time commitment. Had 4.0 and 1530+ test score. She started thinking about college junior year and was excited about some T20 options. She got feedback that she should try to reflect and "try out" some EC's adjacent to areas of academic interest not just for college apps, but also to see what she liked. She joined a few clubs in different areas, looked into a couple of volunteer options related to possible interests, and ended up loving one particular volunteer gig the then snowballed into a lot of leadership and related opportunities for her during junior year and into early senior year. And, the experience with team-building and leadership that she had from captaining her sport over time served her well in this new domain. She needed nudge to try a few things out and help finding options that worked with her sports schedule. And she was very happy with her college outcome - ended up ED'ing to a top 10 LAC but she looked well-positioned for other colleges she liked too. [/quote]

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