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[quote=Anonymous]Read Who Gets In and Why by Jeffery Selagio up front. Excellent information you can use throughout HS.

It’s unlikely you kid can “win” the college rat race if you play by conventional rules— especially if you want them to get any joy out of HS.   So, have your kid run their own race. Let them delve into high level class work they love and take multiple APs in Humanities and none in STEM. Or vice versa.  Especially if it aligns with their college goals.

Ignore the USNWR rankings. They don’t tell you how good a particular department is or whether you kids will be happy there. Get data from the Common Data set (Google Common Data Set, college name).

Start visiting early, then look for cross applications with schools your kids loves for ideas of other schools that are similar.

Visit and interview if it’s offered. Demonstrated interest matters to some degree for most SLACs and small to medium colleges. They also do things like track emails, so they can see if you are opening them.

Be aware of the ED landscape. Small and medium schools might be filling more than half their class ED. And ED can turn a high match/ waitlist into a yes. WM is notorious for this. And that’s a better use of ED than applying to a school with a 98% chance of a no.

For now, TO does not seem to mean TO for white and Asian UMC kids. But, don’t assume the SAT is the right test. Many kids are naturally stronger in one.  Down load the practice tests from the website and have them take both. Then Google concordance tablets to see which was stronger. It will tell you your 34 equals a 1520.   Prep the test your kid is stronger in.

Also, don’t blow off APs exams. Scores seem to matter more in the land of TO.

Have your kid do activities they love. But by 10th grade, they should stick with band, orchestra, their sport, forensics, drama.

And the most important part. Research, research, research and find a college that’s  a great fit.  Niche has an interesting feature where kids are surveyed as to adjectives about their school.   They seem very on point. Read the Princeton Review, Unigo, etc descriptions. And, of course visit. Most schools now also do great virtual programs. 
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