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[quote=Anonymous]Assuming your income is about the same 4 years from now, you should receive close to full financial aid almost everywhere.  Every university has a calculator on their webpage-- it takes about 5 minutes to fill in details of your financial situation, and the calculator will show an estimate of the aid.

On APs, universities want the most rigorous courseload possible.  Ignore the specific weighting of your school.  Every school does this differently, so the university you are applying to will impose their own standards.  The APs that will look most impressive are in core subjects (e.g., AP Bio instead of AP environmental science).

Anything can be an extra curricular.  If the kid works a significant amount year round, that might become their #1 extra curricular.  It would be nice if that job can 'turn into' something by senior year.  For instance, becoming assistant manager, or switching to a job in the kid's field of interest or whatnot.    And if it becomes a big part of the application, then s/he'll probably want to highlight what they learned in one of their essays.[/quote]

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