My son is in his high school's gifted program. He has an unweighted 3.6 gpa taking very difficult courses including three APs this year. He has a 140+ IQ. He just got his second set of SAT scores. He bombed again. He's under 1100 for Math and English. There have been Ivies waiting along with other high end academic schools for his SAT's scores. Some kids just don't do well on standardized tests. What now? Is the ACT test easier? Is it accepted everywhere? Is it a viable alternative? It's summer after his junior year. How does he promote himself to colleges with weak SAT scores. I can send him to another prep class over the summer to take the SATs again in September. But that won't help for the recruiting season this summer. His scores are very inadequate for all sixteen of his target schools. We're back to scratch on figuring out where to promote him and showcase season starts very soon. We had him pegged as a high end academic D3 to mid major D1 (Ivy). From conversations we've started with schools the interest was there.
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