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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Doesn't matter. Colleges care about how he performs over time, not how well he tests.

No idea which will take him. Apply across the board, and pick one where he'll be happy. He may not get to marry that chick who's hunting for a Harvard guy, but he'll be fine even if, deep breath, he goes to a state school.[/quote]

Ya, right.  Test scores don't matter <eye roll>.

DD is in a similar situation, although her GPA is a lot higher.  The schools PP threw out are all over the place - big research schools in East Coast cities to SLACs in the rural midwest.  Let your DC take the lead in finding the school that fits. That matters way more than the "brand." Towards the end of junior year and over the summer, DD narrowed down her choices and is really keyed in a couple realistic choices.   We played a bigger role helping DS find his school and he ended up transferring!

Counselor recs can really make a difference in a case like this and BTW ask your counselor what schools he should be looking at.  The college counselors in the privates are usually very good about this kind of stuff.[/quote]

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