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[quote=Anonymous][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]

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]

The "Änything else?"question makes me laugh.  As if he isn't doing enough.  What have we come to with this college nonesense?  How I long for the 80's when applying to schools was so much simpler!  [/quote]

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PPP, please ignore the "anything else" poster.  S/he was simply trying to intimidate you into thinking your son needs more activities.  He doesn't.  He's just fine.[/quote]

OP again.  I appreciate a few of you weighing in with this perspective.  It's hard to know where the truth lies in all of this.  Do they need to be national award winners with 4.5 GPAs and 1500 on SATs in order to get into a good state school like W&M?  I like hearing that some "normal" kids with good grades/activities have a shot too.  So easy to get caught up in all the hype!  Truth be told, my son will be lucky to get 1200 on SATs (based on PSATs), which will probably knock him out of the range for this school anyhow :-([/quote]

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