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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks all for the advice.  I do not think he will get into mit or the Ivy League schools.  I am discouraging him from thinking with that mindset.  With prep, I think it’s reasonable he will have over 1500 sat.  He is a great test take and on track for 12 APs, he has 2 5s from 9th grade already.  He is smart.  He would be fine at a top school, at least academically, but I know he won’t get in since he isn’t special.   I want to ensure he can at least get into a school like BC or BU at minimum.   Thanks for all the suggestions.  [/quote]

If he gets over 1500 sat and is among the top students for GPA I would do a few "reach" applications, maybe not to Harvard or MIT but to places like Cornell, Northwestern, Rice, Hopkins.  The odds are not great but it's not out of the question imo.  Just don't spend too much application effort there...you need to work on many apps to more likely schools.  Manage expectations that these are "lottery ticket" apps with low odds.

Also, schools in the UK are an interesting idea.  The top schools there like Oxford care mostly about GPA and test scores.  Note that they have very strict requirements and rules about taking standardized tests.  I think they like "first and only time" scores.  It's a very different admissions process and student experience.[/quote]

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