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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm sure he'd do fine!

But I question the college counseling. My kids are at a top boarding school that sends dozens of kids to ivies and we were just on a zoom where the head of college advising said, "It's all about institutional priorities now. The top kids have no better chance than the 40th kid. The colleges know all are students would do well at their college, they're picking who they need.  (aka hooked and/or pointy.) Our top students shouldn't feel entitled to a spot at the most rejective schools nor should our middle of the class kids should not feel these schools are out of reach"[/quote]

Does your school have many kids with a very good GPA? Our private does not so the top kids really stand out from their classmates.  I don't have a top kid but there are only about 10 kids with over a 3.9 and a class average GPA of 3.5 so those who are at the top are outliers and have far different GPAs than the rest of the class.

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Kinda. I think the average SAT is over 1500 and the average GPA is 3.6-something.  It's a school known for school deflation so the kids with 3.9s stand out - BUT - that doesn't get them into college alone.  If they have the GPA and also fantastic recs AND a subject of interest that aligns with major .. they do fine. But colleges don't really want the robs-student that they could just as likely get from other test-in schools or have piles of apps from wealthy kids from china/india/etc.  So even the 3.9ers need more.  It's a high school with LOTS of opportunities.  If you haven't grabbed them in an interesting way, grades alone won't impress.[/quote]

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