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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Frankly, this kid seems refreshing for not getting caught up in the BS activities around them. Except for a few, most kids are doing activities for college so kids who like writing and art who are not caught up in the rat race may end up being happier. So many useless non- profits are shut down as soon as the kid gets into college. [/quote]

Except there are plenty of kids who have developed portfolios, submitted for competititons, have had their work displayed or read somewhere, for poets, had a reading, etc.

So sure, she can make the claim, but there are thousands of other applicants who will have some way of accounting for it.[/quote]

There is no way these kids who are in multiple activities as captains, presidents, etc. are actually doing much of anything along with a rigorous course load and lots of AP.  They show up, do the minimum and that's it.  (said as a mom of an overloaded kid)[/quote]
My kid does 3 sports and is in the most rigorous academic level. Does he occasionally get a B? Yes. Does he have something after school every day and on the weekends? Yes.  I don't tell him to do this. [/quote]

My kid danced 15-25 hours/week, took 4 AP each junior and senior year, and still had time to hang out with friends and have a social life (well it was covid, so much of it was via Zoom or FT like apps).  They ended HS with 3.92 UW.  I'll admit they didn't sleep as much as they should (no getting 7 hours each night during the week).  However, they didn't do AP ENg/APUSH, and stuck to AP STEM courses.  They could have done those, but then they would have slept 2 hours each night.  So we let them pick the activities with friends that they loved and that taught them so much and to scale back for regular humanities courses.  [/quote]

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