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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]the problem is that elite college admissions nowadays requires one to create a resume juggling so many extracurricular at a high level in addition to maintaining a near perfect GPA with high rigor courseload. This naturally favors students who have project management and executive function skills that I bet many adults do not even have. On average, girls are
better able to juggle all
this particularly in the early high school years because they mature faster and just tend to be more organized. Obviously, there are outliers for both females and males, but I’m just talking about general trends. I bet many of those smart but somewhat scattered
boys mature and “get it” by late high school and college, but by then it is hard to catch up to those who have been building up the resume experiences and skills from an earlier age. [/quote]

I have 3 boys and this is all of them (they were all young for grade, too if that makes a difference). The older two struggled through junior year of HS. Put it together senior year and earned their best grades by far. Had strong standardized test scores. Unfortunately they are evaluated on 9th-11th grade for most college admissions, so the strong senior year didn’t matter much. And the bigger state schools use GPA for things like auto-merit. So even if they get in, they get less aid. Youngest kid is a 9th grader, seemed the least scatterbrained of the 3 and still experiencing the same issues they did. I don’t remember this dynamic when I was in HS.[/quote]

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