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2019Dad posted:

There are a number of threads running right now about the Stanford Camp, AZ Junior/Senior Fall Classic (and academic games), etc.

For posters who have sons who (a) were interested in high academic schools, and (b) attended Stanford or HeadFirst the summer after sophomore year (and/or the academic game at the Junior Fall Classic in October of junior year), did your son:

(1) Take the SAT or ACT as a sophomore?

(2) Rely on the PSAT (taken sophomore fall) when coaches asked about test scores?

(3) Something else? 

Thanks in advance.

My son started doing standardized testing ( ACT/ SAT) as a rising Jr. Late summer before JR year. And he didn't test well. We went w/ the high dollar tutors and after 2-3 attempts and 2,000 in tutor bills put together a sufficient score. Good enough to get a green light from admissions on a pre-read at an Ivy. But it was a hell of a lot of work. And in the end he didn't commit to the Ivy .....Son had a high GPA though. And subsequently graduated valedictorian.

So, to more specifically help you w/ your question: W/ AZ fall classic , Stanford Camp , etc what he did was ride his GPA ( he was always a 4.0/ 4.1 ) and for testing he would tell RC's he was in the process w/ tutors. And that worked out good because the RC's would call and text him asking about updated test results.

what we learned was that GPA carries as much weight as test scores. Even more w/ Ivy's . The infamous 'AI' ( Academic Index ) formula gives a more favorable result or score for High GPA vs High Standardized test scores

 

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