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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wish my kid was interested in Georgetown (but he has ruled out all urban schools) bc their policies would seem to benefit him (35 ACT in 1 sitting and 5 on all AP tests so far, including Chem and BC Calc, rigorous class load, equally adept at STEM, history, English, foreign langauge).  Where he falls down, so to speak, is[b] [/b]very run-of-the mill ECs: sports captain, President of small club, real work experience waiting tables … but nothing superlative that many of the schools he loves want.  He is a hardworking teenager who does not have a penchant for overselling himself. Nor does he have the world figured out in a way that resembles adult-level insight.[b] So, OP, I get your frustration when a school that seems a good fit in many ways, asks for criteria that doesn’t seem to be as good of a fit.[/quote]

So normal :lol: .  My son is the same.  He is true to himself and we certainly aren't cultivating him to appear to be someone he isn't on applications.  If it makes you feel better, we have heard many counselors and admissions staff say they don't like any ECs that were parent $$ driven, e..g, feeding turtles in the Galapagos or anything like that where parents were footing the bill to give their kid something exotic. Not that feeding the turtles is 'exotic', I just couldn't think of an example at the moment.[/quote]

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