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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This strategy is not hard to map out. I was able to come up with 3-4 very niche ideas for how to expand/scale my DC’s interests over the 4 years of high school into something with measurable community impact and a big spike for college applications. [b]DC refused to play along. Not all kids are as compliant as PP says. It isn’t hard to find or create really unique, interesting ECs in the DC area, but you really need a certain type of kid that is willing to play this game. Mine was not one of them[/b].[/quote]\

This 1000%. I have 3 kids and two of them refused to play this game. They were fantastic students but categorically refused to spend 4 yrs of high school focused on a rare type of plant or the needs of a people group in Kazakhstan.  One ended up at an Ivy despite this and one is at different top20.

My third kid is super compliant. If I told her, "you need to spend 5 hours a week focused on crafting with mixed metals and studying astrophysics" she would do it. She wouldn't initiate it but she would do it if I prodded her along. [/quote]

The point of college is to develop your interests. Not to know what you want to do in life before you get there (most students anyways).[/quote]

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