Chapter 5The Extracurricular Results/Effort Ratio: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Matters
Ultimately, your career is a game of time optimization. What is the best you can do given the time you have?
High school is exactly the same. Most high schoolers have fairly comparable available hours. There are obvious exceptions. Students from disadvantaged backgrounds may have to work to support their family, care for their siblings, and engage in other activities that limit their available hours. (These obligations are incredibly important and a very noble use of a young person's time. They say a lot about the character of the student themselves, which is, and should be, an important part of an admissions officer's assessment of that student.) ...
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