JExtracurricular activities and community service are little things that can make a big difference on a college application. A growing number of the nation's school systems require some form of community service prior to graduation. It is the sort of thing that usually leaves a very favorable impression. And colleges and universities always seem to need musicians for their bands, athletes for their teams, leaders for their student governments and a host of other talented individuals to "round out" their entering class.
—By Eric St. John, Black Issues' News Editor, whose daughter is a Williams College graduate whose eldest son attends Stanford University, and whose youngest son is a scholarship student at Chelsea Clinton's alma mater, The Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C.
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