Is the Work worth the Result?

mom2collegekids
Thu, 02 Oct 2014 09:49:47 +0000

Unfortunately, there are issues (because of course there are). The first and most important is time.








You are spending MORE time thinking about this than it would take to DO IT. Just do it.

Good heavens…you are “talking to GCs about it,” and you are making a thread about it. Look at that wasted time. (this sounds like procrastination…get over that obstacle if you want to succeed at a top school!! Stop looking for reasons to avoid doing what you need to do!)

The chances that you will get into MIT or Stanford are low since even those with perfect stats don’t get in. You can’t count on either school.

I highly doubt that you would need to study much for the SAT…You only need a 1960ish score to make NMF. And to say that you “have never taken this test before” is silly. You’ve taken the PSAT, so you’ve had a good fat taste of that test already.

Yes, the work is worth the result. Why would ANYONE want to stay a NMSF and not move onto NMF. That is just crazy. Putting NMF on a resume is a GOOD THING. My son was given a raise from an internship when they found out he had been a NMF. They immediately increased his internship hourly pay by $3 an hour.

BTW…forget about “starting your own club”. You’re a senior. Starting a club during fall of senior year looks like resume padding.