Sounds like lacrosse, whether he is recruited or not, is one of his “it” factors. Not only playing, but working with youth in that area.
It certainly sounds like he has an excellent resume and has done all the “right” things to show passion (lax and MUN), some leadership (MUN) and community involvement. Whether it is enough is impossible to know for schools at which 85%-90% of the students are rejected. But sounds like he will have some excellent options.
PP. I meant besides Lax, MUN and lit mag. Will he fill more lines in that section? Many kids actually have more than just their top few activities, they miss those. If course, if Lax is what a college wants him for, that can change things. But I thought you were trying to find more, other than the sports opp. And depending on the college, it helps to have some idea of the academic interests and why.
But it certainly sounds like his community service is special to him - that’s what is important.
He may not be the best lacrosse player but it sounds like he is a very devoted and considerate player. It sounds like he can build a strong and interesting application. Maybe it’s not that any one EC is giving him the “it” factor but the combination of his activities and what he gets from all of them. Letters of recommendation from his lacrosse community as well as essays will go a long way in showing the colleges his “It” factor.
@lookingforward-He has a few jobs.
He has a paying job as the assistant coach for a U9 club lacrosse team (he says coaching 8 year olds is like herding kittens). The organization he volunteers for is a non profit youth lacrosse league. The organization he works for is a for profit travel club team.
His school hires a company that does standardized test prep. He has been hired by the test prep company. During the Spring/Fall he works as a mentor to younger kids who are doing test prep. During the summer he will be helping them develop new test prep questions. Typically there are around 150 kids in the PSAT prep at his school. They usually hire 5-10 of them to work with the next class and into the summer.
He is in NHS, which is active at his school. He is not an officer.
He is an officer of Rho Kappa (honor soc for social sciences).
He is a member of National English HS. He is not an officer.
I mentioned Lit Mag earlier. He is an officer.
@SlackerMomMD-He is a very good lacrosse player. He has won school awards as well as All district and All county recognition. Coming from FL we had no idea that the Ivy League schools fill their lacrosse rosters so early in the process (often by the end of 9th grade). By the time we started sending him to recruiting events it was too late for him to be noticed by those coaches. He has had some interest from 7 of the top 20 Division 3 lacrosse coaches.
If he gets attention from the lacrosse coaches he will get in. Those schools are LAC. I have no doubt he will get in at least one of the LAC because a coach will want him. My concern is the Universities where lacrosse is not a signific
That’s what I’m tying to address, where Lax isn’t a tip. I know it’s hard. The Lax shows commitment and presumably a love for that, plus the skill level. It’s a sport, if he isn’t recruited or tipped in, it’s just one thing. The work also shows he somehow qualified for that and will take on certain responsibilities. The lit mag is an interesting extra, not so many guys are involved in that.