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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think many people are being super witches here. OP asked an innocent question. If you can't be helpful, move on. She doesn't need your nasty preaching or condescending attitudes.

OP -- I can be helpful. [b]My little plan worked for my dd who graduated from an Ivy[/b]. I would need to know if your child goes to a public or private school and what year they are in. Most people start too late. If child is older than rising freshman, it is late in the ballgame.

Top Ivies want people who are the best in whatever their passion is. So, if your child likes to write, as you say, then she will need to enter and win some writing contests.

For volunteering to have any recognition...child must start something themselves. Must have excellent recommendations from the people served.

Good luck! Don't listen to the naysayers. Check out fastweb.com for some ideas of all of the scholarships and contests out there. Mine won about 6 or 7 national contests and was a recruited athlete as well.[/quote]

Helicopters at 12 o clock - incoming! :roll: [/quote]

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[b]Honestly, I would rather my child do one really average extracurricular that he was actually interested in - or even [b]no [/b]ECs and just come home and read books for pleasure every day - than micromanage him into doing things just to catch the eye of the admission committees.  What a complete sham.  [/b]

I hope the "elite" colleges that require kids to jump through these manufactured hoops are aware that most of these kids are only doing so because the school requires it and because their parents are making them.[/quote]

Schools can see through this, trust me.  That's why the kids with real initiative do stick out.  Talk to your daughter if she wants a sounding board, but let her figure it out.  That's the only way what she does will come off as genuine.  [/quote]

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