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[quote=Anonymous]We just went through the college process and my middle-of-the-pack kid at a top private HS did amazingly well -- and I don't think that's because she had great extracurriculars, which she did, but rather because all the pieces of her application worked together to tell her story. SLACs want to be able to visualize an applicant, whether you're an award-winning trapeze artist (a "pointy" type) or a class leader (the more traditional well rounded profile). For your daughter, the burden is going to fall to her essay, assuming she wants to go anywhere other than a state school.

As much as stats matter at all competitive schools, these institutions also want to be reasonably confident that you're going to succeed once you're on their campus-- in other words, return after freshman year and graduate in four years, and then venture out in the world and make your mark. Those are equally essential factors in sealing a school's reputation and simply being smart is not a slam dunk for predicting success in college. I agree with other posters that extracurriculars can be overrated. But top schools see PLENTY of applicants who have both -- top scores and grades and outside interests like athletics, theater, and music that have been sustained over many years. [/quote]

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