<p>My son is in the 10th grade.<br>
Just received SAT scores 740m 700v 660w with no prep. </p>
<p>He's an Eagle Scout
Lettered in Track last year
Probably in top 15% of class
We live in North Carolina</p>
<p>He says he wants to be involved in international finance. Would like to come out of college w/Masters+ and get a job working w/a consulting firm.</p>
<p>Some questions....
1. What would be a good program for him?
2. What does he need to concentrate on to make these thing happen?
3. What's most important?</p>
<p>I think it's important for your son to have something he truely enjoys and excels at. If it's grades, fabulous, but is he interested in track? Does he have any specific talents like an instrument or enjoys a club? Once he identifies his best skills, he should really go in depth on them.</p>
<p>It's quite a coincidence, because my parents both worked at consulting firms. They had PhDs in economics from Michigan, but my father wanted more, so he got himself into McKinsey, and worked very hard, and is now the CEO of a company that I won't name for my own privacy. He went to Syracuse, he didn't get good grades, and I'm talking about B and C, which is average, which most people here don't understand. And yet, he is still EXTREMELY successful, and he didn't have to go to Harvard to do it.</p>
<p>If your son's interest is finance, you should look into summer programs at colleges offering courses like that. I would suggest Columbia's, but maybe that's a little far for you. Also, maybe have him start a stock portfolio? I've been managing my own since I was 12, and it's a terrific learning experience to see if you enjoy it, especially if you get lucky, which I did last year =D Also, encourage him to take advanced math classes, start a buisness club, etc. The sky's the limit!</p>
<p>He's working on the math. He will be in calc this fall. It's interesting you mention the stock portfolio. He's pretty much taken over my WSJ login. It's all been on paper but he does enjoy looking into the companies. </p>
<p>I understand what you're saying about getting involved w/something he enjoys. He's spent a lot of his extra time helping out w/Scouts. Two years ago he went canoeing in Canada for several weeks which took a lot of prep time. Last summer he was at the National Scout Jamboree in Virginia which also took a lot of prep. This summer he's going to Philmont which is also taking serious prep time.</p>
<p>He has been earning money for several years and has been looking at real estate investments (rentals). I don't know these types of activities will help him since they don't readily show up on his transcripts. </p>
<p>I know some consulting companies run programs at high schools. We're a bit out of the way for that kind of attention. I'll pass along the idea to him about the business club. I think he'd get a kick out of that!</p>
<p>Thanks for taking the time to provide the feedback.</p>
<p>I think the general idea of real esate investment in 10th grade is a little too far. Thats just my personal opinion, but I would wait for him to get a little older before letting him making them risky ventures. That will shine up his resume if he do it well. </p>
<p>Go to Forex.com and let him open a forex demo account to play around with foreign currency trading. The demo is all fake money so there is no harm invovled.</p>
<p>Well - you know how that goes. He's looking at real estate investments because I'm looking at real estate investments and he's my partner. He tends to see things a bit different from me and gives great feedback. </p>
<p>You've probably heard the saying - Get your child interested in what you like to do and you'll have a buddy for life. It worked well for fishing!</p>
<p>I'll point him to the Forex site you mentioned.</p>