To Ease College Admission, Some Say Stick with the Flute (or Physics Team)
THE WASHINGTON POST I November 18, 2006 I By VALERIE STRAUSS

Parents: You've designed schedules, organized carpools, parlayed your way into the right camps for 12 long years. Piano lessons at 3, Spanish classes at 5, soccer games from age 8 through 14, a panoply of activities designed to give your kid the upper hand in getting into the college of her dreams.

Now it looks like having a "well-rounded" kid is out. Your kid must have "a passion" -- at least in certain academic circles.

Lisa Jacobson, chief executive of the firm Inspirica, said the highest grades and standardized test scores are no longer a guarantee of getting into a school -- not even one considered a "safety" school.

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