Can reading be an EC?

ignatius
Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:50:29 +0000

hmom5: All the kids I know who got the elusive 800CR are life long readers. Colleges know this. The funny thing about my own DS if that for a very long time he was not exactly reading classics. He was into science fiction and sports biographies, but it didn’t seem to matter.

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As I said d made that 800 in CR ( and the equivalent 80 on the PSAT) and 800 W on the SAT. Like your son, she is not so much into classics but rather science fiction and fantasy. For a boy of that age (and girl :)) I would highly recommend: Enders Game by Orson Scott Card. If your son likes it (and he will) continue the Enders Series and then segue in the Ender’s Shadow series. My son (now 20) and my d (now an hs senior) both wanted and got Card’s latest Ender’s Choice for Christmas.

I agree that many age appropriate books can be found in sf. My son also liked the Tripod series - no longer remember the author. D liked The Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner and I can see boys liking it also.