Bother to Apply to HYP and other Ivies?

<p>Speaker:</p>

<p>My fear is that his ECs are not outstanding from an Ivy League standpoint, and also, it seems that most of the Ivy kids are in the top 1% of their class, not just the top 5%.</p>

<p>He does go to a good high school (at least by Florida standards !!!)</p>

<p>He really needs a school where standardized tests are “king”, and in general, the trend in this country seems to be moving away from that direction.</p>

<p>I understand that in the UK, for example, that they go much more by standardized test scores.</p>