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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can try to be competitive parents or you can do your best to support your child.  If you want to be competitive, keep in mind that there are parents who can arrange things that "normal" parents can't.  Among the activities that people I know have arranged for their children as fodder for college applications: [b]going to the Aspen Ideas Festival and the World Economic Form in Davos, accompanying speakers to the stage at a national party convention, screening grant applications for a major foundation, putting on their own TEDx, etc. [/b]

Most Harvard (substitute your preferred elite school) students don't have these kinds of frills on their resumes. But, the vast majority did something to show they were leaders in some way without being like Tracy Flick in Election.  Among STEM students, these qualities are far less important because of the prevailing math/science geek awkward/introvert stereotype. [/quote]

Gag!   These read parent-driven, which I'm hoping colleges might spot a mile away.  Buying extra-curriculars for rich kids is so transparent.  [/quote]

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