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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a preteen who spends 99% of his time training for his unpopular sport (in which he is nationally ranked) and a high schooler who spends every summer at every medical and hospital program he can find because he wants to be a doctor.

How do colleges view kids that are passionate and dedicated, but only to one thing? [/quote]

They love it.[/quote]

isn't that the opposite of being 'holistic' though?[/quote]

Holistic is over. Colleges are no longer looking for kids who joined DECA, FBLA, yearbook, the tennis team,  and were the president of 10
random clubs. They want the kid who started tinkering with electronics as a 6 year old, started programming in elementary school, and held summer internships and taught programming by high school. Colleges want kids with drive and passion who can commit and follow through. Not just the kids who checked all the boxes that their mom forced them to check. [/quote]

Don't you mean well-rounded instead of holistic?[/quote]

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