Well rounded but not super smart

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am helping my daughter look for schools because frankly, she does not have enough time to do this. </p>

<p>She is bi-racial (Japanese/Caucasian)
16 but will be a senior this year (skipped 2nd grade)
Goes to a school that rarely sends kids to Ivies</p>

<p>SAT
720 CR
690 Math
700 Essay</p>

<p>SAT 2
Math 2 700
Spanish 760
U.S. History 680</p>

<p>Has a 4.3 weighted GPA and took 4 APs last year and will take 4 this year. She has never gotten a B except first semester college calculus.</p>

<p>She never stops with extra curriculars. She plays class one club soccer, varsity soccer and varsity track. She was MVP last 2 years in track (not a strong team however). She is president of the Fantastic Friends (liaison club for kids with special needs). Will be secretary of the Octagon club next year with lots of hours in volunteering with school. She trained to be a reading tutor for our local library when she was 10 and has been tutoring kids ever since. She just left Tuesday for Nicaragua to volunteer with Amigos de los Americas for 6 weeks.</p>

<p>She is looking at small private liberal arts schools and wants to play some DIII soccer and track.</p>

<p>She is considering:
Amherst
Williams
Connecticut College
Pitzer
Occidental
Willamette
Grinnell
Kenyon</p>

<p>Does anyone have any idea what her chances are for these schools? Should she set her sights lower?</p>

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<p>Honestly, what she is missing most is extracurriculars. I would encourage her to join some form of artistic club (drama, art, journalism) and some honor society's (NHS, SHS, Mu Alpha Theta), also colleges look favorably on some form of Debate/MUN clubs along with Student Government. </p>

<p>Also what awards has she received? How does she spend her summers? What is her class ranking? These are all important things that you need to write on her resume when she applies. </p>

<p>Her GPA and SAT are solid, but even though she has EC's they don't make her seem well rounded enough. I hope this helps :]</p>

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<p>The only places on her list that I'd be worried about are Williams and Kenyon. Otherwise she looks like she's definitely on the right track. Great ECs, solid scores.</p>

<p>I think her ECs are strong because they aren't too scattered, and she has leaderships roles in all of them. And Amigos is a really impressive program.</p>

<p>Well-rounded in a boring way is often the kiss of death for kids in admissions. Your daughet seems to like the stuff she does. Just help her write good essay. Have HER talk to her guidance counselor. And back off.</p>

<p>She seems like a strong kid. She probably doesn't need that much help, especially this type of backhanded assistance, from you.</p>

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<p>Amherst- high reach
Williams- high reach
Connecticut College- match
Pitzer- match
Occidental- match
Willamette- match/ safety
Grinnell- low reach
Kenyon- high match</p>

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<p>Honestly, what she is missing most is extracurriculars. I would encourage her to join some form of artistic club (drama, art, journalism) and some honor society's (NHS, SHS, Mu Alpha Theta), also colleges look favorably on some form of Debate/MUN clubs along with Student Government. </p>

<p>Also what awards has she received? How does she spend her summers? What is her class ranking? These are all important things that you need to write on her resume when she applies.</p>

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<p>Artistic clubs are out, one thing my kids are lacking is any artistic talent whatsoever (although she did write for the school paper last year). Honor societies? I have never heard of them, how do people join them? Student government is out since the officers have already been chosen for her senior year.</p>

<p>Awards:
Scholar athlete for every sport she has done
MVP track twice
2nd team soccer freshman year
All League Team track junior year
MVP for her club soccer team 2005
Local paper "athlete of the week" 2006</p>

<p>Summers:
Age 10, went to Japan and Alaska.</p>

<p>Age 11, went alone to Japan after school was out to live with a Japanese family and finish their elementary school year.</p>

<p>Age 12, went back to Japan again to finish their junior high year.</p>

<p>Age 13, went to Madrid, Spain for a spanish emersion/soccer summer camp.</p>

<p>Age 15, took pre calculus at a local Junior College and attended soccer summer camp at Stanford</p>

<p>Age 16, is in Nicaragua for 6 weeks with Amigos de los Americas to volunteer.</p>

<p>Class Ranking:
They do not tell us but certainly in the top 5 people of 500 students.</p>

<p>Does this help?</p>

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<p>The only places on her list that I'd be worried about are Williams and Kenyon. Otherwise she looks like she's definitely on the right track. Great ECs, solid scores.</p>

<p>I think her ECs are strong because they aren't too scattered, and she has leaderships roles in all of them. And Amigos is a really impressive program.</p>

<p>Well-rounded in a boring way is often the kiss of death for kids in admissions. Your daughet seems to like the stuff she does. Just help her write good essay. Have HER talk to her guidance counselor. And back off.</p>

<p>She seems like a strong kid. She probably doesn't need that much help, especially this type of backhanded assistance, from you.</p>

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<p>Ouch, that hurt. My daughter actually has asked me to help her. She is gone all summer and comes home just in time for her soccer tournament season with 3 tournaments in 4 weeks, then school starts. Her typical day is 6:30AM to 8:30 PM with school, sports and volunteering, then she eats dinner and starts on her homework. She does all the work and I help her when I have free time. We love each other and enjoy our relationship and don't need to be scolded by you thanks.</p>

<p>She IS a strong, well rounded kid with a good head on her shoulders, I just know her test scores are not through the roof and would appreciate any help in which way to guide her so she doesn't get her hopes too high for something that is unreachable. We would also really like some merit scholarships to help with the private college cost and need to get a realistic idea of which schools may give her one.</p>

<p>Thanks so much.</p>

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<p>Honor Societies: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor_societies%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor_societies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>wow 700 on the essay, the most I ever saw was a 12</p>

<p>congrats</p>