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[quote=Anonymous][b][quote=Anonymous]Look, OP, college admissions folks see this shit for exactly what you called it: "heightened college resume fillers."

It's more important to have a couple real interests than to do things just to check off boxes. [/quote][/b]

Let me rephrase this for OP.  OP, what colleges are lookinig for is not a list of "brags" but a list of "brags that show focus".  You need to demonstrate that your child has had a long-standing (several years - you have to provide the no of years for each activity on the common app.) interest in a specific area or level of accomplishment with an instrument or language.  They do not want to see 10 ECs that have no connection with one-another and were all taken up in the last year of high school.  I absolutely hate the word now (just finished the College application mess) but when schools say they want to see "passion" they are saying they want to see a mature person who has excelled at a special interest to the degree that the college admissions officers can envision your student on their campus taking part in certain activities, clubs, orchestra or academics.  They want to see great grades, test scores and ECs that all come together to present a student who has unique interests and has excelled in those exploring those interests to the max. they can in high school.  I can't mention my DD's "passion" because it's so unique it would out her, but I can relate a story I read about a "B" student who allegedly got into Harvard because he had taken it upon his own to become a trained EMT with the local fire department - and had focused on prep for a pre-med experience in college.  That's the sort of "passion" (ugh) they are searching for in those 35,000 applications.  Somehow you have to start prepping your child early in a true interest (can't fake it) and take it to the max. so their application pops out at the committee.
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