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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]GPA is 3.9UW/4.5W; SAT 1510; highest rigor at a private school. [/quote]

LMAO! How is this your weird phrase "Strong Standard"? Standard means average. I assumed we were talking about a B-/C+ kid with an 1000 SAT.[/quote]

Thanks all. OP here. My understanding was that standard strong (sorry I reversed the words) referred to kids with strong stats but nothing crazy-remarkable--no national awards, no published research, etc. That's how I've seen the term used before. I know there are many such kids out there!

To the poster who "lol-ed" about Case and U Rochester's cognitive science programs--this is part of our challenge. Statistically I imagine my kid is most likely to land at one of his target schools. But this is also a kid whose major is uncertain right now (the two I put in the OP are maybe the most likely, but he could go in other directions). We are looking for schools that are strong across science AND social science, and I'm not sure what the best candidates are in this target category.

Re extracurriculars/other parts of the application: My kid's ECs are largely not academic, another reason I'm not sure how to think about his chances at various schools. His deep, overriding passion is rock climbing, which he's pursued in a number of different ways for years including through employment and leadership. He does it because he adores it and it keeps him grounded (no pun intended), but he is not a top climber in the region/country and is not winning climbing competitions. He has other ECs as well including an unrelated during-the-year job that he's held through high school, and some leadership positions at his high school. He is pursuing an outside research project but that's the main academic EC he's got.

Behavioral economics is actually something he's interested in. It may be that econ ends up as a minor, hard to say right now.

His private has done great by him academically but has a real mix of kids and is not a highly competitive school. He loved Northwestern as a reach but I don't know how realistic that is, and want to make sure we have a balanced list. Thanks again for the suggestions and input.[/quote]

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