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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid's friend is a refugee from Afganistan. He's only been in the US for 5-6 years, but has top grades and test scores. His only EC is part time work-- as he does'nt have reliable transportatin and has responsibility with many younger siblings at home. He's applying to UVA and W&M, but he is seriously thinking about CC to  state school route.

My child is trying to convince him that he should apply to top needs-meet schools like Harvard and Yale. It is a lottery but he is a better candidate for these schools than possibly anyone else in their cohort.

I work with some refugee families but with little resource at home and gap in education in earlier years, their kids tend to struggle in school-- this student is truly exceptional. [/quote]

Yes, absolutely. You are right he should apply. He can list intellectual hobbies as ECs. If you post more about him here, we'd be happy to crowdsource ideas for this kid.

And tell him to join Matriculate or Upchieve and get free college counseling help.
https://matriculate.org/
https://upchieve.org/
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I know kids who had mentors from Matriculate. Yale students. Students were rejected from Yale even though they were admitted to Stanford and/or Cornell. I would stay away from Matriculate. Don’t know about upchieve.

There are private IECs who do pro-bono work. Look for them. [/quote]

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