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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It sounds like your child will do well on the SAT/ACT - since you said are also strong in humanities.  So the higher ranked schools that are very numbers based and where legacy plays little to no role, -MIT, CMU, Hopkins etc. will be more in reach than Ivies (unless your DC is a legacy, than a high SAT and strong GPA will be enough to get them in.) [/quote]

Fingers crossed DC will do well on the SAT/ACT! DC actually is a legacy at two HYPS, but admissions is still such a crapshoot that I want DC to focus more on safeties/likelies than reaches.[/quote]

Then the schools mentioned here need to be checked for yield protection (looking at you CWRU, U Michigan) because they will see the full package plus legacy and will WL your child. [/quote]

If your child can get over a 1500/34 and keep an UW 3.5 GPA, and you are full-pay,  they will absolutely get into your alma-maters. Whicheverone they prefer, have them apply ED.[/quote]

That would have been accurate 20 years ago. Now it’s a crap shoot. [/quote]

Maybe it's not a given but the OP's kid wil have very decent odds.  He is taking 3 years of math above calculus.  That in itself is a major hook.  He doesn't have to develop his own mathematical theorem for it to be significant for admissions. 
It separates him from the legion of kids who will have just completed calculus in high school.

If he gets straight As AND his parents are legacy his shot at an IVY is high.

My friend's son was in the EXACT position.  Took either pre-calc or calc as a freshman.  Did 2-3 more years of high level math (beyond calculus) in high school.  Legacy at Harvard (one parent).   Accepted as a math major.   Currently a junior.

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