Insights from Former Stanford Admissions Officer: Strategic Extracurriculars for G6-8
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What should your middle schooler be doing in grades 6-8?
Admissions officers spot students who built strategic extracurricular depth starting in middle school—versus those who waited until high school to start planning.
Join former Stanford & Northwestern admissions officer Kimberly Lindsay to learn what elite universities actually look for in middle school extracurriculars. With over a decade evaluating applications and writing Northwestern's reader handbook, Kimberly shares insider strategies, a grade-by-grade roadmap, and real admission case studies. You'll discover:
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The qualities Kimberly looked for when reading thousands of applications—and the common middle school mistakes that weaken profiles before high school even begins.
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The difference between activities that impress elite universities and those that blend into thousands of similar applications.
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The grade-by-grade roadmap for middle school: what to explore in Grade 6, deepen in Grade 7, and demonstrate in Grade 8 for competitive opportunities.
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How to connect your child’s real interests into a clear, memorable admissions narrative.
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Real case studies of admitted students transformed scattered activities into a cohesive profile through strategic choices in middle school.
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Meet Your Speaker
Kimberly spent over a decade evaluating undergraduate applications at Stanford and Northwestern Universities. As Director of Transfer Admission at Northwestern for 7 years, she wrote the official reader handbook that trained all admission staff and managed large regional teams. At Stanford, she served as Senior Assistant Director overseeing international admissions and athletic recruitment. She holds a B.A. from Wellesley College, two M.Sc. degrees from Oxford, and an M.B.A. from Kellogg.
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Yale
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Harvard
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Dartmouth
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