<p>D's father has severe disability (legally blind, cognitive impairment from brain damage), but he is extremely fortunate to have a job (through an affirmative action program for people with disabilities). On paper, because he works and I have a decent income, we are your average middle-to-upper-middle income family. We live simply, D is an only child, so we are fortunate to have afforded her HS education in private (parochial) school, plus academic summer programs for her enrichment. I recognize gratefully that she has had many advantages that most do not. But because I work full time, and am the only driver in the family, it hasn't been possible for me to support her involvement in EC's outside of her HS setting. I see mention of colleges evaluating students not only on their in-school EC's, but also on their activities outside of school. D has been very actively involved in focused EC's at her HS. Am I being overly obsessive in worrying that she will be negatively evaluated because she has no outside EC's? Is there some way to indicate that she didn't have the opportunity to do outside activities because of transportation (and mom exhaustion) issues? D is too proud and too sensitive and too loving of her father to make any mention of his disabilities anywhere in her application. (I am proud of her for this! :-)</p>
<p>Don’t want this to come off as creepy, but it sounds like you raised a great kid,</p>
<p>From what I’ve heard, GCs are pretty good at mentioning that sort of thing in recommendations.</p>
<p>^^^ Thanks, she is a great kid! If the SAT measured the size of a young person’s heart, she’d be up there in the top percentiles … Ms. L</p>