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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As the parent of a now senior who sounds similar, and will now be attending his top choice school, here are my reflections:

- We let him manage himself freshman year, it was the first fully post-covid normal socializing. He had a good social experience. Grades were ok (B+ avg). Wish we would have ticked up academic expectations just a bit. But it worked out fine, and he was happy.

-Having a strong gpa is so important. We set gentle expectations for A's and taking an increasing # of AP classes each year and that worked out well such that a weighted 4.0 gpa gave him more options.

- We messed up and didn't start SAT prep until late junior year. He got a 1400 and went test optional at school he is attending. Grades and SAT are the most important, start SAT prep summer before junior year, get assistance, etc. to get the 1500+ score if possible.

- We required volunteer and ec's that he picked for every year. Robotics, student newspaper, and volunteering for three summers, in addition to basketball. Requiring those ec's helped greatly with admissions.

- starting late junior year, we as parents had idea of best school for him (SLAC), he wanted bit larger, social (Lehigh), we visited all and expressed great interest in  SLAC (visits, interviews, attending student panels, emailing admissions, going when they visited his school). The demonstrated interest seemed to help. We let him take lead on his top choices.[/quote]

If your kid needs to prep to get 1500+ on the SAT, your kid doesn’t belong in a 1500+ SAT school.

This probably covers 50% of posters on this site.[/quote]

I would bet that over 90% of 1500+ scorers had SAT prep.  Some an expensive class and others doing free Khan academy…but it’s all prep.

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And Super scored; taken multiple times; and a bit of luck. Not like getting a 1500+ (or even 1400+) during the 1990s [/quote]

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