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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DC is a truly mediocre student but has a high SAT. So far in EA at three targets, two reaches, and one safety. Weirdly, denied or deferred at two additional safeties and one reach. No hooks, no rhyme, no reason.[/quote]

That is one tell tell sign for high income full pay students.[/quote]

How do you figure? I am going to to guess that most on this board fall into that category.[/quote]

Because wealthy kids test prep. Google and read the NYTimes article on Trinity College. Most colleges rely on tuition for making expenses. When push comes to shove, full-pay with great test scores get into these schools. As the NYT article mentions, however, professors hate this. Generally, low grade, high test score admits don’t enjoy traditional academics. That doesn’t mean they aren’t smart, motivated kids who will do great in “real life,” but they don’t tend to be great class participants. [/quote]

I have a kid like that and that if not a true profile for everyone. High SATs with no prep, B+ average with [b]all honors and APs at a tough grading school, [/b]a few rough spots over the years tanked enough grades to bring the averages down. This is a school where two wrong on a test is a C -- no do overs, no extra credit. Kids with this profile get into schools because the profile is understood in context and they do extremely well in college, finding it much easier than high school.  [/quote]
And this curriculum would not prepare a student to do well on the SAT/ACT? 
Is this school private? I suspect that it is.[/quote]

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