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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What are some ways for a stem kid to separate themselves from the thousands of other high schoolers who do research, aime, “internships”, isef, etc? [/quote]

Sports. Not an individual sport, but a true team sport where you have to be committed to the team and your teammates.

Shows ability to put others before yourself and also shows ability to maintain high academic success while spending hours per week doing something completely non-academic.

Really, any time consuming activity that is totally different from STEM. But sports fills this need particularly well. 
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Forgot to add to above, this is what my child did and he went to and graduated from a highly ranked STEM school and is working successfully in a STEM field now. His team sport experiences set him apart from many others and they have been useful to him through college and even now in his work. 
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if your kid is in the working world, he applied to college A LONG TIME AGO. Things have gotten even more competitive.[/quote]

Yes, it was about seven years ago. Colleges are still looking for kids who can do their academic work while spending a LOT of time doing non-academic activities each day. AOs, and hiring managers, are well aware of the amount of time that a team sport can take up and how important it is for a kid to learn how to cooperate and know when to put the needs of others before their own.

In STEM, involvement in team sports is not as common, so it helps to set an applicant apart to AOs who typically understand the extent of commitment required and the positive skills developed by kids who have several years of playing a team sport. 
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Stereotyping STEM kids much?  There are plenty of kids out there interested in stem that play sports and have ECs.  [/quote]
Take a look at how well the kids at TJ who play team sports do in admissions.  They all know that they are not the norm for STEM kids, and they talk about it. I’ve driven the carpools and heard the kids talking in the back seats. 
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