<p>My son fell in love with Texas A&M. His class standing is not high enough. His SAT scores are. He could apply anyway and hope to get gateway. Or he could stay home and do the TAP program where he attends the local community college and fulfills certain requirements and can transfer to Texas A&M after a year.</p>
<p>He also liked Austin College and Cornell College. He could possibly get in to this from the get-go. He would be a legacy at Rice University, U of Chicago, and Carleton College, but I am afraid all of those schools would turn out to be too difficult/stressful. He has family relations at Washington University (again, too difficult for him maybe). </p>
<p>What would you suggestion? Maybe just doing the TAP program at A&M? or shooting for another school? By the way, his Autism is so high functioning that most people cannot even tell at all when they meet him or know him. But it has affected his school performance. His SAT scores are over 2000 but I am not sure what it is as that is an old score and he will be re-taking it next month. This is end of junior year for him.</p>