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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok he’s fine.  Deep breaths 
I am a college consultant

Do test optional

Auburn
Furman 
Elon 
High Point 
U of SC 
Indiana
Boulder
U of AZ 
Clemson 
NC State 
St Olaf 
Lawrence 
Univ of San Diego 
Univ of San Fran 
Gettysburg 
GW 
U Pitt 
LSU 
Ole Miss 
Tennessee
Marquette 
Pepperdine 
Gustavus 
Trinity 
Skidmore 
Syracuse

Tried to put in different types of schools [/quote]

Are those schools test optional? Yes. Are quite a few of those schools reaches for his gpa? Also yes.[/quote]

There is no way for some of the schools on that list.  Waste of application funds.[/quote]

Really?  Which ones?  Skidmore, maybe?  Clemson?  Show your choices but know that people will lookup the CDS and post those.

Looks like a list of R-M-S to me, as every college list should be.[/quote]

Agree it’s a great list.  Good luck, OP! It will work out.  [/quote]

Ok I’m the originator of the list.  Yes, a range, but all potential in an R-T-S lens.  I really just want this family to feel hopeful.  There are some great schools out there that will be happy to admit their son and hopefully will be a good fit.  Best of luck.  [/quote]

If your list had delineated that a bit more, maybe it works.  But as several noted multiple schools are a reach too far.   There are for sure good schools that will admit him, but telling them Elon and Trinity and others are within reach is outside of any concept of reach I have heard.  He could look at this list and say Oh those sound really good and what is actually realistic could disappoint.  IMO what OP needs to do is find a really solid ED school that their son is a target for that he loves and a safety that he is a shoe-in for that he loves.  For the ED target, look  for a school your DS loves where a 3.5 weighted GPA is above the median and that is test-optional with less than 50% of students submitting test scores (and not just in the pandemic year) and that ideally admits more than 50% of its applicants (or has a really high ED admission rate).  For a safety look for a school where 3.5 weighted GPA is above the 75% and they admit more than 50% of applicants.  Then you can play around as much as you like with other options.  A big decision guiding this is whether he really loves LACs or Universities.  This list is a good start, but I wouldn't show it to him without doing your own CDS research and culling it and then separating it out into Reach-Target-Safety and noting LACs and Universities.

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