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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi all! Thanks for the input. Not STEM, but econ (if Colgate) or finance (if Lehigh/BC.) Reasonably high stats -- 3.92 unweighted, but mixed in with all those As is a C+ in APUSH in 11th, ughhhhh. 1500 SAT. Has consistently taken the most rigorous classes, great ECs, essays and rec letters should be strong.

We go back and forth between applying ED1 to Lehigh and probably nailing it down and being done, vs. shooting their shot at BC and Colgate -- for some reason Colgate is a tough admit from our school; 0/7 last year and 1/11 the year before.  TBH I don't think Colgate is a great fit anyway, but for some reason my son is enamored with it. We are full pay so that helps at need-aware Colgate, I guess.[/quote]

I think Lehigh is likely. I think BC might be unlikely based on the kids from our school who get in (a significantly more academically “elite” group than the Lehigh kids). Lehigh is a great school so if he’s happy with that, if encourage going for it, at least ED2. Finance/Econ is a common major for white boys at these schools in particular so that doesn’t help.[/quote]

LOL. BC kids are not more academically elite than Lehigh kids. They tend to be whiter and more Catholic but I know several kids in the last 2 years who have gotten into BC but not Lehigh.  That said, I’d look at the Scattergram for your school and see how well each place at these schools. [/quote]

I’m basing it on scatter grams at my kids’ school (not Catholic). For our school
BC’s admit rate is something like 15% and Lehigh’s is 39%. That’s not that close.[/quote]

You have no idea who makes up those percentages.[/quote]

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