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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]+ male 
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School is reallly pushing Chicago and he doesn’t want that so looking at options p  [/quote]

School is pushing Chicago because that is likely the highest ranked school kid can get into with the relative rank. 
If you do not like it, ask for other "target" options. 
Top boarding and day schools are all over the Boston area, and they publish their SAT ranges on profiles for families. Some of these would be considered T20 high schools. Maybe one is yours. Not a single one of these top high schools has a median SAT of 1560(many are at or just above 1500 though). In other words, your kid has a top SAT score but average grades: [b]that says to AOs that they are not studying as hard as they could, and might not be ready for the competition of ivy-level.[/b] The average unhooked kids from these schools go to ND, Bowdoin, NYU, Emory etc. UChicago is not common for truly average, most are top-30-40%, but with the 1560 and since the CC is pushing, it must be in range for your kid. That is pretty impressive to have a shot at a T12 as an average student! Is he sure he does not like it? That school opens almost as many doors as an ivy. Ask specific colleges that would be good ED besides Chicago. Your CC will know your high school's track record better than anyone on the internet.[/quote]

This is a leap. At my kids boarding school, kids who came in from some schools who didn’t have algebra in 8th, for example, had pretty shitty 9th grade grades. And they did just fine if not better during college search.

Uchicago is an easy placement  college counselors like that. But it doesn’t need to be your priority [/quote]

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