Do I have a shot for ED?

lookingforward
Sun, 21 Jul 2019 17:16:00 +0000

@Octagon , I can’t imagine any top college ever saying they don’t want “well rounded.” What they DO say is, not the helter skelter of a string of random ECs, when a kid just assumes more is better. OR, when just picking activities thinking that founding something or getting some title is all it takes. “Leadership” is a quality, not titles. Or kids who skip activities related to their possible major, in favor of a string of non-related, because, “it’s me.”

Depth obviously means how much you’ve done with your interests, Breadth boils down to more than just unilateral. You can read what even MIT says about unilateral. They’re building communities and want kids who get past their own narrow academic or future career interests. They’re putting kids together who have disparate plans, hoping they will engage with each other, try new things, grow.

For a tippy top, not a collection of specialists- that can be a serious issue in your review. No hs kid is a specialist, anyway.