college suggestions

[Anonymous]

-Very good SAT scores
-Decent number of APs
-Good grades (not sure yet but probably top 15 or 20% at a good charter school)
-Bad on the extracurricular front. In Model UN and good at it, very committed, but that took up a whole lot of DC's time and ended up being only "real" extracurricular besides a couple of clubs. No sports or music.
-One summer abroad do-gooding
-Very strong writing skills-can wow with an essay.
-White rich kid like the rest of 'em.

Advice?

[Anonymous]

What do they want? Big school or small? Urban or rural? What major?

[Anonymous]

What is very good SATs? 2100 or 2350?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do they want? Big school or small? Urban or rural? What major?

Any size, urban or at least near a big city. Probably PolSci but unsure.

[Anonymous]

Figure out first choice and apply early decision.

[Anonymous]

Does your school use Naviance? If so, check out where other kids from the school with your child's stats have been admitted.

Start touring colleges - that will give your child a better idea of what he/she likes in a school.

The extracurriculars don't sound bad, but your child still has time to work on that. Start volunteering and/or get a job. On the Common App there's only room for 10 activities/clubs and it's actually not that hard to fill it up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What do they want? Big school or small? Urban or rural? What major?

Any size, urban or at least near a big city. Probably PolSci but unsure.

I would visit Tufts. Not exactly urban, but a stone's throw/metro stops from Boston. There is a five year program with the Fletcher School.

I agree with PP, add more extracurriculars.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:-Very good SAT scores
-Decent number of APs
-Good grades (not sure yet but probably top 15 or 20% at a good charter school)
-Bad on the extracurricular front. In Model UN and good at it, very committed, but that took up a whole lot of DC's time and ended up being only "real" extracurricular besides a couple of clubs. No sports or music.
-One summer abroad do-gooding
-Very strong writing skills-can wow with an essay.
-White rich kid like the rest of 'em.

Advice?

Do you want merit aid or are you fine with full pay?

[Anonymous]

And yes, we need to know the SAT scores and the unweighted GPA. What AP classes and what scores on the exams? Details matter.

[Anonymous]

I disagree with advice about extracurriculars. A school would rather see deep commitment to one activity than a scattershot approach.