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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why does your son do besides study?[/quote]

volunteer (average about an hour a week) with disabled kids
marching band (and drum line in spring)
community theatre (summer)
honor society[/quote]

Anything else?[/quote]
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OP here.  That's it.  Marching band starts in August and goes through November.  Drum Line goes from December through April - so just those two things take up a good deal of after school and on weekend.  There are hobbies (drawing/art) and some scattered things here and there (like awards and such), but no other activities on a regular basis.  Is that insufficient?  How many activities should one have?  [/quote][/b]

What the admin offices are searching for is an example of unique leadership skills and grit.  They see far too many students who have high grades and scores but upon reaching college don't know what to do with themselves.  They are looking for the leaders of tomorrow. So they want to see a national award, national merit, Seimans, national science awards, eagle scouts, American Legion School Award, prestigious or unique summer activities and mastery of foreign languages and skills.  The drum skills might get you a good shot at schools with big emphasis on football and band, but that's not W&M.  It's worth a shot to try for drum line at UVA, although the GPA scores (weighted ) for even lowest 25% of the class is still over 4.0.  You do know you can send in a link to a youtube showing your child's drumming skills, right?[/quote]

OP again.  Ugh!  Well, my son is not a national award winner at anything.  I appreciate your advice though.  But the thing I really wanted to respond to was -- you can send a youtube link on your application?!  I had no idea!  I'm not sure it's something we'd want to do here because he's not a stand out.  But this is fascinating!  What sorts of things to people use video submissions for?  Are they common?[/quote]

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