<p>This isn't about me, but I know this girl in my class who is a stellar student (she is ranked top 3 in the class). The thing is, she isn't involved in ANY activities at all. She doesn't play any sports, she isn't in any clubs, and she doesn't have a job or does community service. Even if her grades continued to be great, and if she did good on the SATs, would she be able to get admitted to a good college? I guess by good I mean the schools that are slightly lower from the Ivies and other top 25s. </p>
<p>I was just basically wondering how much extra activities come into play with admissions. What are your thoughts?</p>
<p>I'm not sure, but I would like to know the answer to this too. There is this girl in my class who only played soccer for one year, and ended up not making the team for the next three years. She has one meaningful leadership position and one in which she doesn't do anything (as in she hardly even attends) and some "research," but it's basically stuff we have to do as a class (taking our "research class" in my school raises your GPA). For some reason, her SATs aren't the best but her GPA is stellar. Plus, she does not participate in class discussion, nor is she a particularly good essay writer; she is not creative. How would an applicant like this fare at competitive colleges? I know that she is aiming for HYPSC and the like.</p>
<p>and what were her parents thinking? what did this girl do with her time....unless she had something at home-ie a sib she was taking care of while parents worked, to do nothing is like wasting your highschool years</p>
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Even if her grades continued to be great, and if she did good on the SATs, would she be able to get admitted to a good college? I guess by good I mean the schools that are slightly lower from the Ivies and other top 25s.
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There are hundreds of colleges in this country that are good colleges; only HS students with a narrow view would consider "good" to mean ranked right with the Ivies and top 25.</p>
<p>mikemac: I didn't say those were the only good colleges out there, I asked about her admission into those type of prestigious schools. If you aren't sure what I mean, then don't post at all, k?</p>
<p>citygirlsmom: I have no idea. Alls I know is that she pretty much as no activities whatsoever and she is already a junior.</p>
<p>mikemac that was a pointless post
no EC's is sad. I agree with several others on here that her best bet is a top state school like U Mich or U Cal. They focus more on numbers than activities.
I think we all know people like that. They don't have personalities, they don't have many friends, they just go home and do homework, have really really really good work ethic, although not that naturally that smart (which is why not that high of score on standardized test)</p>
<p>If she's truly top 3% of a competitive hs and has good SAT scores, I'd imagine she'd still have a decent shot at many top 25 schools. Not every single person who gets accepted at top 25 schools is captain of everything or president of everythingelse.</p>
<p>Large state universities honors programs will be an option for your friend. If she doesn't need financial aid, she will receive serious consideration at many excellent LACs. If your friend is a talented writer, her options expand to even the very top rated schools and universities. She may get substantial merit scholarship money from some state universities based on SAT/ACT scores and GPA alone. Also may be a good candidate for the elite women's colleges such as Wellesley. Also, if your friend wants to study engineering, she will have an advantage applying to these typically male dominated schools such as Carnegie Mellon and Georgia Tech.</p>
<p>it depends, a lot of people can BS there extra curriculars very, very well. I'm sure she knows that she didn't do very much and shes trying to come up with stuff to compensate. I think that is what a lot of people do.</p>