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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For my kid, here is how the chips are falling...

Not in favor -
- Pandemic induced random selections by college admissions office
- Asian-American male. 
- Most peers in the magnet school are also preternaturally gifted. 
- Wants to do CS/Engineering/Maths.  Highly competitive majors
- Does not want to go to red states and party schools (so no Florida and Alabama)

In favor -
- Killer SAT and GPA (weighted and unweighted)
- Most rigorous curriculum in school
- 8-12 APs in all core subject areas with 4s and 5s
- Set up Pandemic Relief work
- Research  internships
- Did several interesting individual projects and courses during lockdown :)
- Unique ECs, great rapport with teachers/counselors
- Published work
- Academic/scholastic honors (awards, honor society, competitions)
- Leadership positions in 2 clubs. 
- Hundreds of hours of work with disadvantaged youth that is documented.
- Can afford full pay

For us the only difference now is going to be that instead of applying in just 7 schools as originally planned, my son will apply to 15 in EA/ED round and probably several more if he does not get in anywhere in RA.  He is going to be ok.

I don't think test optional schools are not test aware/blind. In the end, schools want paying students who are intelligent and will not drop out of college. [/quote]

Sorry for the confusing statement. I meant to say "Test optional schools are not test blind. They are test aware." [/quote]

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