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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here - thanks!

Waiting for July AP results. 
Haven’t taken standardized tests yet,[b] but with coaching, will likely end up around 34/1500.[/b]
DC is not catholic, but not opposed to a catholic university. [/quote]

What are you basing this on? his PSAT 10?

If you think he needs coaching to be 34/1500, that's around 98th%ile with coaching--so at baseline he is 95%ile?. If that's the case aim WM, UVA, Georgetown, W&L. The middle 50% are 95-98%ile meaning he has a great chance of being average or above.

He will be in over his head at any ivy/T15 where the majority are higher: those are for students who test minimum 98%ile UNprepped, ideally 99+%ile with no prep. Our college counseling dean at the private school based the initial list of "matches" for rigor fit based on the unprepped PSAT 10 percentiles converted to SAT based on the same percentile. Our fist was a junior in 2018-19 pre-TO but the method was tried and true and it did not mean you could not reach, it just meant the parents realized when the reach was likely out of the typical academic range thus the "fit" might be way off--might struggle and be below average which for many is not the right environment. They met w all juniors in fall and reviewed the PSAT 10 and ACT10 and also the7th grade standardized CAT/CTP testing to give an understanding of where your kid was in relation to average students at colleges.[/quote]

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