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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Both my kids saw enough of college counselors on instagram to understand what readers look for - a kid who does x and y. something outside school and something in and link it to major. And both played into that

For example, if they were very involved with Bird watching/counting, debate, MUN, did spring musical three years and ran track and  were interested  in public policy  -- which is the kind of thing they did - they played up bird watching and Debate. even though debate took up 4x the time bird counting did. [b]and they wrote about how formations work and seeing how outside forces change situations over time, seen through the prism of hawk watch starting at 9 years old. 
link it to debate (big awards = outside validation).[/b] skip the MUN and track, which muddies the story.

We dont talk about what not to put on applications (but you should do in HS for sure! do it all!)

In at T10s[/quote]

Was this personal essay?[/quote]

yes. I think it's important to tie personally essay into what they see in activities. I know some college counselors say not to repeat things, but adding a 'what I learned from grandma by cooking her meatballs" just confuses things imo. Build the story in essay, back up with activities, summarize in career goal line. [/quote]

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