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Involved vs. Overcommitted: How to help your teen choose the RIGHT extracurricular activities

with Julie Kim

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Interview | Julie Kim 2019

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Involved vs. Overcommitted: How to help your teen choose the RIGHT extracurricular activities

When it comes to college admissions and extracurriculars, there are tremendous expectations for students to be super involved, have leadership activities, and be doing all of this outside of the classroom. Beyond their classes and their grades, which they’re also supposed to be doing really well with, they’re also supposed to be really involved. But there’s a fine line between being involved and being overcommitted. Julie Kim, who is an expert on what rtop-tier colleges are looking for when it comes to students’ extracurriculars and their involvement and engagement, is going to give us the real story about what you should actually be shooting for with your extracurricular activities. Join us to learn…

  • How to help your teen choose the RIGHT extracurricular activities 
  • Signs that your teen might be overcommitted
  • The importance of finding their interest, passion, and strength (this should be their #1 priority) 
  • How to balance societal pressure vs. what your teen really wants 
  • Whether it’s better for a student to be VERY involved with only a FEW activities, or KIND OF involved with A LOT of activities 
  • What Ivy Leagues/top-tier schools are looking for in extracurricular involvement

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Interview | Julie Kim 2019

Julie Kim

Julie Kim is a graduate of USC and Harvard University and she mentors high school students to find their passion and strengths and use their passions to get accepted into Ivy Leagues/Top-tier. Most parents and students think that the college application process is demanding, stressful, and competitive. But Julie is here to tell you that it doesn’t have to be all that hard if you focus on authenticity and passion.

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