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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust did an Aspen Ideas Festival speech last week on how to raise a child to get into Harvard. Faust's top tip for raising a Harvard man or woman: “Make your children interesting!” She pretty much dismissed the grinds and helicopter parents who focus on fighting for every little honor or EC title to build up high school resumes. There are lots of very smart, studious, obedient children out there. Instead, she encouraged parents to help their children develop a holistic sense of self and build a passion for something meaningful. As a side benefit, you might actually end up with a interesting child, regardless of whether they go to Harvard or not!

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/06/how-to-get-into-harvard/373726/

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And if you succeed in raising an interesting child, as opposed to the cookie cutter kids the competitive parents churn out, he probably won't want to go to Harvard.[/quote]

The best thing a DMV parent can do to rear an interesting child is to get them out of the DMV bubble. Trips to the National Parks, other regions of the country, travel abroad will all increase awareness of how different the rest of the world is.[/quote]

This is true to some extent. However, college admissions officers aren't big on parent-funded mission trips to impoverished countries, or the resulting essay about how the child learned that we're all the same (cue "It's a Small World"). I know, it doesn't seem fair, but apparently they've read too many of these essays. That said, it's hard to know what else to recommend. Colleges these days are looking for kids with "passions" instead of the well-rounded kid of our day.[/quote]

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