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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A kid with a 34 on the ACT with a bunch of Bs in AP classes is underperforming.  Not impressive.  [/quote]
Not helpful. [/quote]

Sure it is.  It means top LACs won’t be interested.  That’s helpful for OP to know.  She said the school he attends doesn’t offer a lot of APs and that he’s getting Bs in the relatively few APs that he’s taking. Yet posters are tossing around super competitive schools like he’s a shoo in.  He’s not.  He’s not even a likely. [/quote]

People thought it was a 4.0 unweighted. It’s really annoying when people don’t post stats correctly. It nullifies all those early comments. [/quote]

Seriously.  She said the school doesn’t offer lots of APs until senior year, and that he’ll end up with 6.  So far he has what sounds like 3 - with Bs in all of them.  And we’re not talking about a Big 3 school because we know they don’t even have APs.  It’s probably a Catholic or Christian school since it has religion classes - which he’s also getting Bs in.

AND she said he has nothing beyond average extracurriculars etc.

In other words, the one thing the kid has is a 34 on the ACT, which as I said is great but given everything else says only that he’s underperforming.  A kid that smart should be getting As in his AP classes.

So, go ahead and dismiss what I have to say as being “unhelpful” - but it seems to me that a whole lot of schools being suggested are pipe dreams for this kid even if he’s full pay.  [/quote]

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