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[quote=Anonymous]1.  Let your kid be themselves— but the best version of themselves.  If you have an all arounder who can get 4s and 5s across all 5 cores in AP— great.  But that’s not the only path. If your kid is pointy, use it to set them apart.

My kid got into a Tier 1 VA school this year with 2 AP foreign languages, a foreign language summer intensive in a third language and all of the English, History, Social Science APs offered except psych. 11 APs. But — 3 years of honors science, no senior science, no science APs. And standard math starting in A2, standard Calc, not AP. She loved her classes and had great grades. And was applying for a humanities major.  She also did some unusual ECs in her major, and applied to continue with one EC . And because she enjoys it, her primary EC was a highly technical STEM— which every school discussed in an interview because it stood out.  Plus, she had strong ACTs in science and math.  So, she demonstrated she could do STEM, then specialized elsewhere.

Most kids can’t win the 14 APs across 5 core plus Eagle Scout and athlete race. So have your kid run their race.

2.  Remember your kid may get 5 minutes of an AO’s attention. So take the time to package them— for their major and the school. Reference a specific program, specific research, a specific observation for why this school. Put the common App together so your kid’s high school tells a story, where classes plus ECs plus anything else all gel. Make it easy for the AO to read the app and quickly  see why your kid wants their school, what they will contribute, and that they have the academic chops.

3. For instate VA, take ED if it’s an option. It can definately push middle of the pack kids into accept. We talked to DD and decided she would ED spring of junior year. So, her deadline was always October.  So, she went through the whole research process— just sooner than most kids.

4.  Don’t waste ED on a 1% chance. If you are in a position to ED, submit to a high match/  low reach and not Brown.  Which was my DD’s original first choice. Then we checked Naviance.  A sea of 4.5/1580 rejections (and she was not a 4.5) and one 3.7/1200 acceptance (which would be a seriously hooked kid)— in the last ten years. Brown? No realistic.  Use ED to reach some. To turn a school that would be a WL in RD into an acceptance.  But, be realistic. [/quote]

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