Eric Karlan
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first heard May 2019
last heard May 2019
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And the guidance counselor is actually required to write a letter of recommendation for every single one of their students.
And having these third parties help share and illuminate your child's story and their journey can be very impactful on an application.
And then, of course, the last way that you can share your story of the intangibles on the application is
is through the activity list, which is essentially a collection and report of a student's extracurricular endeavors throughout high school.
And you talk about how things have changed over the years.
And I think for a lot of parents, there's this idea that back in the day,
maybe colleges wanted to see students do a little bit of everything.
They wanted to see leadership and creative pursuits, volunteering and service, maybe having a job or an internship.
And I think what's happening more nowadays is that colleges do still want to see all those things, but what they really appreciate is really seeing synergies.
in a student's life so they can really understand who that child is and what they're all about.
There's a movie that came out a few years ago starring Tina Fey and Paul Rudd called Admission, which the plot of the movie is somewhat irrelevant, but Tina Fey in the movie is an admissions officer.
And there's a scene where every time she opens up an application file, the student pops up in the room with her.
And I think that's an important image for families and students who are trying to understand the college application and college prep process is the fact that admissions officers are people and people accept other people.
They want to be able to envision you in the room with them.
So I gave a TED talk last September and an example I gave in my TED talk about a really great way to think about extracurricular pursuits is if your son or daughter comes home one day and tells you mom or dad that they want to start a rock band in the garage.
And I joke that
with parents all the time, I'm like, let's be honest, what's your initial reaction if your child says that?
And I think when we parent from a place of fear as opposed to possibility, a lot of moms and dads are like, well, if you're looking to get into a selective university, it's probably a waste of time.
Or they're just dreading hearing their child banging on the drums at two in the morning and keeping them up at night.
But when we think about that
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