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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At fairly rigorous/prestigious private school but the SAT isn’t working out. Any suggestions? What schools realistically accept TO kids for RD?[/quote]

Posts like this make me sad.  You have a kid in the top 3% as far as SAT, and you're describing that as "not working out".  Your kid will have many choices, wonderful schools that might or might not be in the top 3% (That would be 80 schools)  and should be choosing based on what they love, and what they want in life.  But instead of describing your wonderful kid, to help us help you and them find what they deserve, you've only described this one thing that you think is a terrible weakness, not being in the top 2%.[/quote]

You are dramatic. Its not sad.
Parent is trying to optimize outcomes for their high-achieving humanities kid with a lower math score. 
I say - Kudos to them. They know that AO will like this kid - and push for this kid - over kids with "higher scores". did you not see that AO post on here a few days ago?[/quote]

But they aren't trying to "optimize outcomes" because the best outcome for a kid is going to depend on what the kids loves, and where they excel, and where they want to live, and what they want in their life.  The fact that OP thinks that 3% of the group of high school seniors who take the SAT is a more important feature of her kid, and more important to finding a college for them, than all those things, is sad.

Start with who your kid is, not with your hang ups over who your kid isn't.

And yes, this kid will have lots of great options.  [/quote]

The vast majority of 17-18 years olds have no idea, and their goals and likes will change many times in the following decade. You go to the highest ranked possible college you can get into you, ideally in the Northeast or CA, which ensures that you will be surrounded by mostly smart peers and lots of opportunities, and then you take it from there. [/quote]

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