Anonymous wrote:I have a different problem. My DS is very very academically focused, but really has no EC interests. No sports, doesn't like much to work in groups, very much a bookish, loner kid. His GPA and test scores are stellar, but beyond that I wonder what else he would bring to the table.
why would you be trying to convince her of anything?Anonymous wrote:My dd's friend has a mom who is stuck in 1990 mode. This poor HS freshman is being signed up for multiple sports, SCA, FBLA, DECA, Yearbook, and model
UN without any interest in any of the aforementioned items except for one sport...because "colleges pick the kids who did the most activities."
I just don't know how to convince her that's not how it works.