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[quote=Anonymous]NP. You're not making sense to this DCI high school parent. I don't get what you're arguing.

It's a good idea for American IB students reaching for the stars in college admissions to double up on AP exams. Our private college coach started advising us to do this from sophomore year, against the advice of my kid's DCI counselor. Right now, after junior year, my kid has taken 4 AP exams, scored all 5s, and 2 IBD SL exams (still waiting for results). The DCI guidance counselor first told us that taking 2 early SL exams wasn't possible, then told us that it was possible but not necessary!

OP, you should know that DCI's college counselors seem to think that the admissions process works the same for non URMs as for URMs, for high ses families and low-income families. I don't believe that for a minute. We'd be lost in aiming for top SLACs and Ivy-plus schools if we hadn't hired help. If my kid isn't admitted to highly competitive colleges next spring, we're open to a gap year to try again if the kid is. I won't be surprised at all if that's the way things shake out. Die on that Hill if you want; we won't.[/quote]

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