| Hunt - Your question made me sigh. Of course you should have a (brief!) discussion with your S about this. Yes it's his decision, but 17 year olds aren't good with concepts like "ramifications" and "unanticipated outcomes." Besides, a decision NOT to tell won't be warmly received by friends and teachers who ASK. We suggested our daughter share her lowest subscore only "Oh I did really well. I got a 670 on the writing part!"
As for teachers, the capable ones already knew D was smart. But not all teachers are capable. Like Northstarmom we did share scores with the occasional dense teacher -- for attitude adjustment purposes only.
Good luck with it all. At minimum resolving this problem will be good practice for the unanticipated issues that come up during application season! |