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[quote=Anonymous]College counselor who thinks you're painting with too broad a brush when you argue that grades and standardized test scores are the best predictors of college success.

I've seen students whose grades weren't the best, although they ranked in the top 20% of their class crack colleges admitting in the single digits.  Some extremely bright and driven kids simply don't adapt well to the broad-reaching US high school curriculum  (e.g mandatory math classes to the bitter end for humanities-oriented students), which hurts their GPA.  They'd do better in the UK or Canada, where performance is one's strongest 3 or 4 subjects is all top universities really care about.  As for standardized tests, I've seen students who earned mediocre scores on one type of standardized tests, e.g. SATs, ace a different type, e.g. International Baccalaureate Diploma and Cambridge tests which don't include multiple choice questions and emphasize writing far more than AP tests.  OP, choose your standardized tests carefully.

Have you considered a gap year for your girl, involving travel, work experience, and improving standardized test performance?  That worked for me out of high school.   I struck out on 8 out of 9 college applications senior year, but I was admitted to an Ivy during my gap year.  My family was not well-off, and I earned most of my gap year funds myself working several summer jobs.

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