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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly, I feel like the kids all do the same ECs because parents push them there and because of their own anxiety do not let their kids pursue their own interests.  My DD had a friend who wrote songs in mandolin.  His parent forbade it and told him he was wasting his time and needed to be practicing violin.  A score on the violin exams that was good but similar to everyone else, stands out way less than a kid who writes his own songs.  [b]The parents were fools.[/b] My kid had several unusual interests and had won an award for a documentary film she had made.  She did not do traditional school ECs but pulled out samples on her phone  of a graphic novel she was writing when the subject came up at an interview.  It worked for her.

Model UN is fine if that is what your kid loves and they can excel, but otherwise, find something they think is fun where they can excel.[/quote]

I disagree. Mandolin is not a good instrument. those songs were likely not good. Sure, it could look "interesting" and impress a clueless AO, but to understand and appreciate music violin is vastly superior. It's really sad that kids need to be weird instead of pursue things that are beautiful and enriching.[/quote]

Not really. Mandolin and fiddle would be very interesting to an AO.
Unless you are nationally ranked, no one cares about violin....dime a dozen.[/quote]
Fiddle and violin are the same instrument, just different styles of music associated with each term. Most people who excel at playing the fiddle started with classical/traditional violin lessons. [/quote]

Umm. This is fabulous.
Going to tell my violin-playing nephew to move over to Fiddle competitions.
https://www.fiddlecontest.org/[/quote]

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