| My daughter, a sophomore at Duke, spent most of her hours after school each day either taking dance classes or teaching dance to younger students. I used to worry that she did not have enough school-related ECs since she pretty much lived at the dance studio and never became an active member of a club or sports team at her high school. She kept assuring me that her passion for dance would override her lack of other activities outside school. She was right!
As I recall, she wrote her entire essay on the lessons SHE HAD LEARNED from teaching the younger students as opposed to how much she had taught them. Although she never allowed me to read her essay, I do know that it must have been exactly what the adcoms were looking for! |