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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow the above is harsh.  OP doesn't even know yet if reaches will happen or not.  Not all Ivies are HYP in terms of hooked majorities.  Using the early card, his kid has a decent shot at Penn, Cornell, Dartmouth and Ivy equivalents such as MIT, Caltech and UChicago.  Harvey Mudd and CMU CS are also highly respected.  A 4.0 unweighted at a STEM magnet is a time intensive, tough accomplishment.[/quote]

A 4.0 will not get you into most state flagships, certainly not UVA.  Since OP didn't mention whether the 4.0 is weighted or not BUT mentions AP classes but fails to mention test scores, I am assuming that the 4.0 is weighted and that son didn't do so well in those AP courses, which is also why she doesn't mention test scores.  UVA's scores run from 4.10 to 4.47 for top 25% median.[/quote]

OP here.  The GPA is unweighted.  Many of the courses are magnet courses as part of the magnet pathway and more rigorous than the usual AP offerings. Students will take APs and SAT subject tests easily in STEM subjects after taking the magnet courses - even though not all magnet classes is listed as an AP class. Got 5 in all AP exams by Collegeboard and got straight As in every single course.    I do not believe that this is a common stat for most students. The fact that my son comes from a middle class Asian-American family is  the reason that we have an issue.

We all are watching how people get their kids into colleges now, don't we? The story about lack of seats for qualified students is BS. [/quote]
OP.  It is fine to question why this society values certain kinds of personal characteristics above others (athletic prowess, race, family background).  At the end of the day though your child will have to come to terms with the fact that getting into an elite academic institution is really tough especially if you are unhooked.  It is important to stress that his identity should not be wrapped up in his success/failure in the college lottery.  He needs to hear that from the most important person in his life - you.  It is too much pressure to put on a kid to expect a very specific outcome when so much of the process is out of their control.   Celebrate his accomplishments (straight As at Blair magnet is no joke!) and reassure him that he will do well no matter where he ends up.  40% of the program ends up at UMD and these kids thrive.  Also focus on what he has gained from the program - the classes, the teachers, the peers, the sense of community.  [/quote]

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