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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I think it's funny the number of posters saying "relax!" or acting as though OP is being silly. The same posters have very likely been prepping their kids since birth for AAP and TJ![/b]

Anyway to answer your question OP, I started when my child was in 4th grade by picking an organization we as a family could volunteer at and regularly volunteering. My goal is for my child to one day be more involved in a higher level of volunteering there on her own.  This is organization we are committed to and she enjoys.  She also has learned a lot of other great skills that will transfer into the real world - dealing with diverse groups of people, time management, etc.

Learning a foreign language in after school club - that's going so so - just started really this year

Plays sports - but nothing very competitive - hoping that this year my child will pick one and stick with it more. Planning to making my child pick in the Spring.

Scouts - my child is involved and has been steadily earning badges

Church-participates in youth group

4H - found out about this through a neighbor - Fairfax county has several 4H clubs, just started this year.  They are smaller and they offer more of a chance for leadership.

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Uh, no. My DS is a senior at a regular NoVA high school (not TJ), where he takes a combination of regular, honors, and AP classes. He takes no advanced math or science classes. His ACT score is 30, uw GPA about 3.7. He's been accepted at several small liberal arts schools (top 50), where he has been offered enough merit aid to bring the cost below what UVA or W&M would cost us. His activities are: volunteering 2 afternoons a week at the same organization for 4 years (doing something that is really meaningful to him), high school student council, and a club sport that practices 1x per week, plus 1 weekend game. Starting senior year, he has a part-time job at a fast food restaurant, 5-10 hours/week, and so has cut his volunteering to one day/week. He took a foreign language for 6 years in school, no outside enrichment classes in anything.[/quote]

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