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jocelynDAD
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Posted: Fri Apr 28th, 2006 03:30 am

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EC's are a topic that IMO is misunderstood by many.

I know we see on CC and other venue's students who list 6 to untold numbers of different activities with their school, church, community etc etc etc.

If a teenager has an interest in something and pursues that interest in a reasoned and consisteny manner that great. Whatever that interest is, as long as it is the student's interest it allows the school to evaluate the whole person.

Naturally, if he/she has two or three activities that meet the above criteria all the better. But more than three interests/activities starts becoming resume building and truly that is not IMO the best approach.

If your child is doing activities that she/he enjoys and doing them well (whatever that might mean), that is who the student is and really let the schools measure your child as he/she is.

The academics and the stardard testing is stress enough, let the normal instincts and preferences of the child blossom with the dreaded EC's.

HImom
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Posted: Fri Apr 28th, 2006 09:09 am

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The thing I like best about my kid's college (USoCal) has to be that they are willing to work with us to help my kid succeed at their school, with his health challenges. EVERY person I've contacted at the school has been amazingly caring & personal at answering my many questions by e-mail & phone & not losing any of our faxes or correspondence! This includes Housing, Admissions & Scholarships, Engineering, Disabilities Programs and even Financial Aid (tho we never applied & they were wondering why I was sending them e-mails so they called and asked--didn't know merit aid was wholly disconnected from them).

The other thing I like about my kid's college is they are giving him substantial merit aid & only requiring him to maintain a 3.0 GPA & make satisfactory progress toward a degree to keep it. YIPPEE! We're settling in for a wonderful relationship with a great school.

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Last edited on Fri Apr 28th, 2006 09:12 am by HImom

binx
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Posted: Tue May 2nd, 2006 06:54 am

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Oldest graduated from UPenn, and second is a second-year at Juilliard. I like both schools for the same rather dull reason - that they fit my kid so well. I love watching my boys grow and thrive in a community of like-minded folks. In UPenn's case, it was the first time my S1 was able to live and learn in a community where it was "okay to be smart." In the second, it was the first time S2 was able to pursue music 24/7 without some teacher somewhere telling him he needed to be more well-rounded and not spend so much time on "hobbies."

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