Summer Activity Planning

Summer Activity Planning June 2 We are all about organic at Ivy Coach. Dont see how this relates to college admissions? Read this piece and you sure will. At least we hope. Its June. For rising ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth graders, its high time to begin your summer activity planning. And, no, that fancy summer enrichment program at Stanford University (or any other highly selective college) wont do. If you dont know why, you are not a regular reader of our college admissions blog. But there is no time like the present. What some prospective clients sometimes ask us is this:  Do you just put our kid into one of three activities so he or she can stand out in admissions? No, no, and no. At Ivy Coach, we tailor the activities we recommend to students based of course on their interests, on their unique talents. But if a students interest is swimming and this same student goes a 1:56 in the 100-yard breastroke, well, that wont do. Because no college coach in America is going to be interested in a student who swims a sub-2 minute 100 breast. A sub 1-minute 100 breast? Then well talk (though even this time wont do at various  highly selective coll eges). In Los Angeles and San Fransisco, in Austin and Seattle and lots of places far and wide, the word organic is quite popular these days. From organic cleaning products championed by the likes of Jessica Alba (whose Honest Company has become quite a phenomenon, we might add) to organic produce and even organic haircare accessories, organic is in. At Ivy Coach, we are all about organic. We are all about tailoring a students activities organically with their passions, with their interests, though we dont let students eat exclusively organic apples for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Organic apples do not a diet make. Are you following our analogy? We, admittedly, may have even lost ourselves. Pretend swimming is organic apples. If youre not that superstar breastroker, avoid the apples. Eat something else that also happens to be organic. We hope weve successfully moved this analogy back on track. If youre interested in our assistance with your childs summer activity planning, fill out our free consultation form today to get started. Well be in touch within the day. Summer is also a great time to correct mistakes in coursework that you may not even realize are mistakes on your childs transcript. We can help you fix those mistakes before they hurt your childs chances for admission to highly selective colleges.