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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s tough.  I’m very sorry. My son was a very average kid, academically.  It made it easier in a way.  Applied to 12 schools, 10 were state flagships.  He got into 10/12 schools and felt really good about himself for the first time in a long time (with respect to school).  He attended a large state flagship and is doing very well in college. 
My daughter is more of a 90 percentile kid. We will be steering her to similar schools as her brother, however, for a multitude of reasons including taking the damn pressure off a bit that is so woven into living in this area. [/quote]

As I’m sure I’ll be asked, his schools:

Admitted (29 ACT and 3.4 GPA) 
U of SC 
Penn State (summer program) 
Clemson (summer program) 
Alabama 
Auburn 
Indiana 
Ole Miss 
UC Boulder 
Pitt 
TCU

Not admitted:  Ohio State and U of GA [/quote]

That’s awesome, PP. Good for him. Just out of curiosity, where did he decide to go?
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I feel for OP’s son. I have a 10th grader who I think is going to be similar and I don’t think a big school would be a good fit so it’s going to be interesting. I commented on a few other recent threads that I feel like the kids in the top but not tippy top are then looking wt the same schools as kids with much lower stats. This PP here is a good example. Her son is in at a lot of schools that people are saying are the kind of ones OP’s kid and similar kids should be planning on, and they aren’t bad schools, but why are the kids working so hard for their 4.4 and their 11 APs if they can get in w/o and a 3.4???[/quote]

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