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[quote=Anonymous][quote]OP. Thanks for the detailed post and the anecdote. I get the "there's a school for everyone" message..supply and demand, etc. We would want DC to go to the best school possible for his profile but was wondering why a handicap is not available to such late-bloomer kids at top schools (regardless of how you define them) while it is available to perfectly normal kids just because of their color, race, gender, etc.[/quote]

OOF. Wow, OP.

As a PP put it, even the kids getting a slight leg up for "diversity" purposes have better stats than your kid. So, no, colleges are not inclined to treat maturing later as a disability, and your kid is already getting a boost by being male in a field of applicants where many of the top students are female.

If your kid matured late, then maybe it's worth doing a gap year and taking even more time. But you seem to be really hung up on him getting into "the best school possible for his profile" and going exactly on time with his earlier-maturing peers when maybe you need to think outside the box. [/quote]

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