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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP--I would really encourage your child to pursue a big meaningful extra curricular if you are shooting for schools like Duke, Northwestern, etc. She's applying against the kids at her school and there will be some kids with all A's. Your child needs to differentiate themself in another way.

If you are interested in the UCs, they only take grades from 10th/11th and only add weight to AP/IB--not DMV private honors. You could consider trying to offset that C+ with a dual enrollment class. The UC websites are pretty clear with what classes are required, which give a GPA bump, what the minimum OOS GPAs are (they are higher than in-state).

Good luck![/quote]

This is great advice.

Also want to add that your DD is not doomed b/c of the C+ but it’s very hard to be admitted to Duke/Northwestern unless there is an actual hook (legacy/1stGen/athlete/URM) or a VERY, VERY good soft hook (exceptional/unique EC). The C+ may be a blessing in disguise if it means she starts to focus on other schools now. IMHO not worth wasting ED on Duke/Northwestern without a hook no matter what the grades/test scores are. [/quote]

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