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[quote=Anonymous]What might he want to major in?  Figure out which top 30s have those majors.  Have him apply.

I know kids with basically those stats who got into almost all of the top 30.

Now the details matter.  Which private school? What does his SAT score actually turn out to be?

Is it a &quot;leadership&quot; position on the academic team or a LEADERSHIP position that requires national ranking in a hard core STEM subject?

What happens between now and the early decision deadline?

For example, at about this time in his junior year our DS's efforts in the Boy Scouts shot into the stratosphere and helped a huge amount.

He went from a former Senior patrol leader, Eagle scout to &quot;president&quot; (I can't remember what it is called) of his Order of the Arrow chapter, Boy scout state champion in orienteering and accepted to do Rayado at Philmont.

There are lots of things like that.  Students do the work as sophomores/juniors and then get rewarded as seniors.  Captain on their academic/sports team, relied on by teachers so their recommendations soar, summer internship that really works out and so on.

The thing to keep in mind is that your son has the stats to get his application read at all the top 30.  Sure, they might not spend more than 5 minutes reading but if he has done something they are looking for he could easily end up in the pile for serious consideration.  Then as long as someone else at his school in that pile hasn't done something the school &quot;has to have&quot; (that is obviously more desirable than DS's best EC) his odds of admissions have gone from &lt;10% to 50 or 60 or 70%.

Our other DS was in that position at 4 top 30s where he was on 4 wait lists.  When the top kids from his school enrolled elsewhere, he got into 2.
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