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[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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Disagree on team sports. 
My kid's individual sport (national ranking/medals) was extremely helpful for Ivy.
Look at the scoring rubrics and how at certain schools (esp Stanford, Northwestern and Duke) the highest possible points go to individual national awards for EC (including sports). [/quote]

Was your kid with national ranking/medals a recruited athlete? [/quote]

I’m not that poster.

But my kid is not a recruited athlete (the sport not a recruitable sport at most schools or only avail as club) and has achieved gold medal equivalence, along with silver, at nationals, in the individual sport.

Our private College Counselor says it is the absolute strongest and most distinguishing part of application.

Applying to some schools listed.

Where is this EC “scoring rubric”?
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