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Originally Posted by Fusion_Clint
Do not encourage your student to base life decisions on what colleges may want.
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Really agree with you here. I did several outside of school activities only because I was told by everyone how much it would help me look good to colleges but I ended up being miserable because I never enjoyed them that much. In addition I over exerted myself doing many different activities at the same time which only let me have about 3 hours of sleep (unfortunately a lot of high schoolers share this plight) a night for a while. I since have done some self reflecting and done what makes me happy and quit eveything else. Admittedly, I'm still working on some things.
I.e. I quit drama to dedicate myself to robotics fully and don't regret it.
I quit my instrument to take an extra AP and I do regret it.
I know I will end up at the school that is right for me if I be real with doing the activities I like to do.
The college process, while has its patterns, can also be pretty unpredictable. Whether the admissions officers will prefer a basketball player over a robotics kid who knows?
He should do what makes him happy and then go where it fits right for him. As a friend I encourage you to let him know you are not putting any pressure on him and are no expecting anything from him (dedication wise), unless he fully commits to robotics.
Maybe you should forward him this thread so he can read the feedback for himself without a mediator and then decide?