Do you think colleges will informally flag the application as ADHD?

Is there a relationship between known adhd and acceptance?

Anything is possible, but it'd need to be a killer essay.l, and the most amazing recommendation letters ever.

To me, it reads as ADHD - hard classes the kid is interested in, focused and determined; the stupid, easy classes they make you take (health, PE, etc), bored and don't care.

Anonymous wrote:Top 50 yes choose wisely and demonstrate interest.
Top 20? I mean anything can happen

I think this strategy makes sense -- focus on 2-3 lower ranked schools in the T50, demonstrate a lot of interest (visits, carefully tailored essays, application in early if at all possible).

I think T20 is pretty unlikely, so apply to 1 or 2 (max) but set expectations with your DC accordingly. There are a lot of kids with 1550+/ 4.0 UW GPAs in highest rigor courses who are shut out of the T20. Unless your kid has some hook you haven't mentioned. . . .

Top 50 yes choose wisely and demonstrate interest.
Top 20? I mean anything can happen

I was like this. I ended up going to a state school that didn't impress anyone, but it wasn't bad by any means, and I ended up getting into every one of the top grade programs in my field. At every single level of school and work, there's a resorting. I benefited from that after an unimpressive college admissions process.

Anonymous wrote:You’re competing against people who have As in all their courses and high test scores, so top 20 schools will be hard admits. As in easier courses is not a good look. It signals laziness.

Did you mean Bs?

Anonymous wrote:I know a kid who did terribly in the college process and the culprit seemed to be getting C's in gym. Yikes. I think it's a bad look.

There were likely other reasons.

Anonymous wrote:I know a kid who did terribly in the college process and the culprit seemed to be getting C's in gym. Yikes. I think it's a bad look.

I doubt it

Anonymous wrote:I know a kid who did terribly in the college process and the culprit seemed to be getting C's in gym. Yikes. I think it's a bad look.

You have absolutely zero way of knowing this. Zero.

Weirdo.

I know a kid who did terribly in the college process and the culprit seemed to be getting C's in gym. Yikes. I think it's a bad look.

Have to evaluate in the context of the school. Totally depends on how many/percentage of the school go to T20, T10, etc. Nothing can be meaningful without context.

Hard to say without context.

Ranking/gpa compared to peers
How many Bs and in what classes and what years
What easy classes is student picking over more rigorous ones

You’re competing against people who have As in all their courses and high test scores, so top 20 schools will be hard admits. As in easier courses is not a good look. It signals laziness.

Unweighted GPA?

As in hard courses, Bs in easy courses.

5s on all AP exams - on hard courses: eg, calc bc, physics C, AP stats, etc.

Very strong standardized testing, think 1550+ sat, 35 ACT.

Mediocre extracurriculars.

Any chance for top 50?

What about top 20?