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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think most students with the stats that you just outlined can still and in fact do get into great colleges and that all the drama you're seeing on this board is overblown.[/quote]

Not overblown. Signed parent of a kid w 1450/3.9 unweighted and waitlists from three T40-T70 schools. What's overblown is the idea that one works hard in school for a "reward" of getting into a T20, rather than a love of learning and the intrinsic desire to excel. Son was rewarded with a tremendous merit package from a T100 liberal arts school and an honors college acceptance w10k merit at an R1 public university. He now has the luxury of deciding over the next few weeks what type of experience he wants. Anybody who still thinks the safeties of yesteryear are safeties today is in for a rude, rude awakening. Best advice is to shoot for the stars, but be informed about today's admissions landscape and spend a good deal of your time identifying and visiting schools with a 60+% overall acceptance rate. Things have been trending in this direction ever since the common app and the influx of qualified overseas applicants. [/quote]

Thank you for your post.

Did your kid have many extracurriculars?[/quote]

He did the things he enjoyed. Marching band for three years (no season last fall), wind ensemble junior and senior, a remote internship, and JSA, which he really didn't get very involved with until junior year when it was too late to try for a regional-level position. He didn't seek or have any leadership positions in any of the activities, but he was really dedicated to music and JSA (11th and 12th). Also a day-camp counselor for three summers. The activities were wonderful growth and social experiences, even if they didn't "pop" in the admissions file. He also wrote a heartfelt essay about being able to confidently present and argue a bill in front of 100+ kids at the JSA conference in DC after years of ridicule and speech therapy due to apraxia.[/quote]

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