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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We aren’t low income as a family or first generation to attend college, but live in a low income zip code and teen attends large public title 1 school.  Will graduate in top 1%, lots of DE and AP classes, expecting SAT to be above 1500 based on PSAT scores.  No national awards, but some cool ECs, strong leadership, job, interesting hobby.  No one, or rarely anyone, applies to college out of state.  He is wanting a school in top 5-20 (which are all out of state). Does coming from a school with limited resources and no one from your high school applying give an admission boost? [/quote]

Our friend had a kid graduate from a IB program with  the IB certificate at a Title 1 last year who had a very similar stats.  They applied to Hopkins, NYU and Penn and didn't get into any of them.  They ended up at UMD.

My kid is at a Title 1 and I think that it will help with their application but not necessarily at a T20 school.

I agree with some of the PP, one of the challenges at our Title 1 school is that the AP classes are limited and can often get cancelled due to lack of enrollment or staffing.

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If a Title 1 school has an IB program, it likely just barely qualifies as Title.  Our school is the other kind of Title 1: limited APs and they often get cancelled.  It’s extra problematic because you don’t find it’s cancelled until your kid goes to get their schedule literally a couple days before school starts.  Now it’s too late to sign up for dual enrollment for that semester. So your options became pick a regular class or try and take the AP virtually through one of the school’s approved partner.  So many hoops. [/quote]

This high school is the exception to your rule.  
IB is a tiny part of the student body.  FARMS rate is 83%

But I hear you on the AP cancellation.  My kid is in a different Title 1 school and had 2 AP classes cancelled in the 3rd week of classes because the qualified teacher resigned in August and they couldn't get a replacement.  They will graduate with 2 AP classes and no DE.   Meanwhile, my other kid is at the flagship high school in the county and will probably graduate with 8 or 9 AP or DE classes.  [/quote]

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