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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What do you wish you had known when your DC was starting high school?  (Or, better yet, what does your DC wish they’d known, done, and not done?) What ended up being important in college admissions, what ended up being overkill,  etc?[/quote]

I am sure my list is different than most people

We saw no advantage to that John Hopkins educational blah, blah, blah or any other colleges week sessions or camps etc.. that are for "gifted or special or honors". Waste of money period.

Lots of volunteering only if their heart is in it.

Extracurriculars and ie leadership again made no difference in admissions.

Many large public Universities are data schools they could care less about the rest. Hence we focused on GPA and SAT or ACT that's it.

What did make a difference full pay or not.

After our first one we decided to have our DC take the reins they did whatever they wanted to get into the schools of their choice.  Which is way more important to DMV parents then myself or my DH.  Yes some went to Ivies, all but one majored in CS/Engineering/Supply Chain. MIT, GA TECH were also attended.

[b]We did hire college admissions counselors just for ACT. Essays as well. Just so we did not have to argue, do I think either of these are necessary no. 
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What was there to "argue" about, if they "took the reins," and getting into these colleges wasn't important to you or DH?[/quote]

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