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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP. I do not think DS can get into a Duke, Vanderbilt or WF with his grades based on data we have read.  Of the 8, he has taken 4 APs so far and has done well and the next four APs are senior year. They are core APs not fluff classes and we will send in updated grades. Still, he gets As and Bs, hence the 4.0 weighted. Not even sure what UW is as it is difficult to calculate - he is in FCPS. He is going to retake the ACT to see if he can get it higher.

The challenge is as some have pointed out, he has some good things to tell about himself but the big schools may not care care let alone ever find out. There is not even a chance for interviews. Some schools do have regional admissions directors that you can contact and we are thinking about how to approach that.  He likes the feel of the larger schools which makes this difficult. We will share with him the potential admission benefits of a smaller school. Finally, while out of state schools are more expensive - up to 50k -  they are no where near private schools which are more like 70-80k. We have saved for a long time but private tuition just seems too much for people in the middle who won’t get need aid or upper who can afford it. Thankfully our DS doesn’t like most of the private schools which are smaller anyway. Appreciate all the feedback. [/quote]

Doing some prep and retaking the ACT is a good idea. My DC did about 12 hours of tutoring and brought his ACT score up 3 points, which opened a whole new range of possibilities. Having a higher test score would also help with merit aid from private schools that might bring the cost more in line with OOS flagships.

Judging from last year’s experience, big state schools don’t like test optional as much as the private schools that have more time to evaluate applications. For example, this year Auburn rejected a lot of OOS students who thought of it as a safety. In some cases, they asked for test scores from kids that applied test optional, and many OOS kids that were at the high end of their of their previous 50% range were rejected. [/quote]

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