<p>"or maybe going to physician assistant school. </p>
<p>That is a grad school program. Someone who wants to be a PA majors in what they want, but also takes some required science/math courses…similar to those who want to go to med school."</p>
<p>At the risk of running this thread off-track, quite a few kids in our HS class of 2011 are going into direct-admit 5 year PA programs.</p>
<p>My 2013 D is also interested in selective colleges. She plays 2 varsity sports, but will probably not be captain in either. She does not want to play in college. She will not have leadership in her other EC’s either, and has little time for service. She is doing what she likes, and I am not going to put any extra pressure on her to change or develop new EC’s for college applications. She puts enough pressure on herself. She knows the selective colleges are a long shot, so she will have a range of schools to apply to. (I may suggest she look at the Integrated Science Program at Northwestern, FindAPlace, except I don’t believe they give merit scholarships. Have to check that out.)</p>