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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would have figured out a "narrative" starting freshman year. Have my kid apply for relevant awards. Or I would have hired a college consultant to figure it all out for me. I wasn't really attuned to the process until summer after junior year, which was way too late in retrospect. My kid had the grades and scores for an Ivy, but was a little short on "wow" ECs. Coming from NYC, you need the wow.[/quote] Same, my kid figured out her path in Junior year and started being involved with great ECs, but before that spent all of her time on travel/HS soccer. Not a recruited athlete and it’s one line in the common app. Thankfully she has the grades and test scores for T25 but the ECs that kids have are hard to match. Travel soccer took so much time, effort and money. What a waste.[/quote]
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