If your exceptionally average child went to a great school… where did they go?

[Anonymous]

And what helped with their admission?
Looking to guide my kid who is exceptionally average intelligence but great work ethic and grades/ AP classes.

[Anonymous]

How do you know they are average intelligence? Did they get a 1000 on the SAT?

[Anonymous]

OP, why do you think your child with great work ethic, grades, and APs is average? That sounds like an incredibly accomplished young person to me.

My kid is extraordinarily kind and empathetic. He is an average student - straight Bs, SAT 1100. That is average (and fine, and he is going to be a good man).

You deserve advice for your child’s situation, I just think you may want to reframe things for clarity (and to reframe your child’s accomplishments for your and his sake).

[Anonymous]

He should find the school that is the best fit, not necessarily the best ranked.
That said, an extracurricular or two that he's passionate about and can hold a leadership position in can make an otherwise average application stand out.

[Anonymous]

For us washington college in chestertown md was a pleasant surprise, my son also liked Hobart, and Drexel which has really upped its campus game since back in the day. I also know many people who went to sewanee who got an amazing education/experience

[Anonymous]

What does exceptionally average mean?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What does exceptionally average mean?

Oxymoron.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What does exceptionally average mean?

Oxymoron.

Gee thanks

Looking for some stats (it's hard to guess) to give some solid feedback

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do you know they are average intelligence? Did they get a 1000 on the SAT?

The SAT is not an intelligence test like an IQ test.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And what helped with their admission?
Looking to guide my kid who is exceptionally average intelligence but great work ethic and grades/ AP classes.

All 3 of my kids are "exceptionally average" if you look at standardized tests alone. They had initial PSAT scores around 1000 but greatly improved with test prep.

They go to Emory, Boston College and Northeastern.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And what helped with their admission?
Looking to guide my kid who is exceptionally average intelligence but great work ethic and grades/ AP classes.

All 3 of my kids are "exceptionally average" if you look at standardized tests alone. They had initial PSAT scores around 1000 but greatly improved with test prep.

They go to Emory, Boston College and Northeastern.

What were their final scores?

[Anonymous]

there's no such thing as "exceptionally average"

that's just a total nonsense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And what helped with their admission?
Looking to guide my kid who is exceptionally average intelligence but great work ethic and grades/ AP classes.

All 3 of my kids are "exceptionally average" if you look at standardized tests alone. They had initial PSAT scores around 1000 but greatly improved with test prep.

They go to Emory, Boston College and Northeastern.

What were their final scores?

They switched to ACT and raised scores to 33, 34 and 32

[Anonymous]

Boston college

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do you know they are average intelligence? Did they get a 1000 on the SAT?

The SAT is not an intelligence test like an IQ test.

There's a correlation.