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<p>I would agree with the above. I don’t think a parent should focus on “gaming” the system by pushing a kid toward an EC that the parent thinks is beneficial to the kid’s college admission. IMO the way to help your child is to support and facilitate ways for him or her to follow his/her inclinations or preferences for certain activities. I believe parents should let kids try a variety of things, especially before high school so that by the time a kid gets to hs, he/she will have a “passion” or interest. D2 started out in one activity in grade school and it turned out that as she got older, she couldn’t keep up and she dropped out. That was a stroke of luck because she decided to try acting in junior high and it clicked. She loved it and even won several state-wide acting awards by the time she was a senior in high school.</p>