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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is stressing me out. My kid has pretty good EC’s, or so I thought, but you read these examples and don’t feel it’s enough. Boy, what ever happened to just being a teen and goofing off. Now it’s all about what looks good for colleges. Do kids even care about half these EC’s they do! Sad.[/quote]

All this BS only really matters if you are targeting T30 schools. Below that, no one cares. Focus on one of two ECs - doesn't matter what they are.. could be knitting at home or looking for mushrooms in your backyard- but make sure to show in your essays have that activity impacted you, changed you as a person/enhanced your worldview and what you gave to that community. [/quote]

+1 My son's only activities were a short stint on stage crew (only at-school EC), volunteering at our church, playing guitar (private lessons, playing occasionally at church), golfing. Also listed a 1-week summer data science program he did at a college. He got in to all the big state schools he applied to except for UVA, which I knew was never happening anyway just based on class rank.

He also had a 1500 SAT, a lot of APs, 4.2 weighted GPA with all As in junior year (upward trend, 9th grade wasn't great). He's happy at Virginia Tech.[/quote]

Curious if your kid got into W&M?[/quote]

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