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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One applicant’s reach or match is another’s safety.

OP list your kid’s stats, kind of high school (public or private)  and rough class rank (top 25% etc) and it will be easier to for people with similar profiles to chime in. [/quote]

My kid is at TJ, with an ACT score of 35 and a wGPA of 4.29 heading into senior year of 4.29 (3.87 unweighted).  Interested in smaller, liberal arts colleges (his current interest is computer science, but he also loves history and political philosphy).  He'll apply to some of the super selective SLACS (think Williams, Swarthmore), but he is a little unsure on good likely/safety options. [/quote]

Do kids at TJ not take many AP classes?  The difference between the weighted and unweighted GPA seems to indicate mainly honors classes.  [/quote]

Nope. Lots of classes taught AP or higher and not given AP weight, because TJ teaches their own way and/or doesn’t want to teach to the AP: World History, Intro CS, Physics I, Geosystems. All required, all not offered as AP. All more rigorous than my base school kids AP versions. Plus, TJ kids can’t take AP English Language 11th grade, seniors labs get honors not AP weighting.  And many senior lab pre-recs (electronics, prototyping, engineering design, advanced marine bio, etc) are also not getting AP weighting.  Average TJ kid has 6-7 APs— they almost all take APUSH, AP English Lang or Lit, AP Gov, and AP Calc.  Plus AP CS (2nd year CS) and/or AP foreign language. [/quote]

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