<p>YES . . . IT’S LATER THAN Y0U THINK . . . after all, there’s so much competition these days given the size of her cohort that getting a heads up NOW for things that will start occurring 4 years from now is a bit late; here’s a general list for you to work on for your child for the next 20 years, just in case she doesnt develop a similar obsessive reliance upon preparing for future success:</p>
<p>Year 1 - research the most common ECs among Wharton MBA matriculants and have daughter join those clubs . . NOW . . .before they fill up </p>
<p>Year 2 - analyze success rate of acceptance into HBS of private coaches and conduct interviews with the “best of the best” consultants </p>
<p>Year 3 - take initial practice GMATs under a false name just in case score choice is revoked for GMAT; begin researching bridal planning services</p>
<p>Year 4 - ensure that earnings at 5 year, 10 year and 20 year intervals from alums is a core part of MBA research </p>
<p>Years 5 - 10 - develop a “forward biased” econometric model charting likely spousal earning power; optimize dating services to achieve those results, and only date people who fit that profile; begin researching Manhattan private kindergartens that are most successful at Ivy matriculation</p>
<p>Years 11 -15 - get married; prospectively investigate IVF procedures in case usual coital practices prove useless; start initial 55 and older retirement community research (only 25-30 years off!!!) </p>
<p>Years 16 - 20 - determine optimal post-vitality career path, optimizing charitable giving to ensure maximal length of post-mortem Wikipedia biography entry</p>
<p>Seriously, here are two suggestions:</p>
<p>1) It may be best to encourage daughter to find ECs that she “likes” or “enjoys doing with friends”; these kinds of activities have no specific forward positive graduation matriculation bias but may yield results known as “happiness” or “fulfillment”
2) Now that she’s in college . . . you are pretty much done fashioning her life. If she asks for help, offer some advice . . . but the best thing you can do for her now is to help her figure out how to run her own life without your “child coaching.”</p>
<p>That said, I anticipate that withdrawal from intensive college searching activities can be difficult, so maybe we need a 12 step for CC?</p>
<p>Kei</p>