Son accepted!!! With a very generous aid package (better than WPI, BC, and UD, not as good as Colby), definitely affordable! Will need to revisit before making any decisions.
35 ACT single sitting
1510 SAT single sitting (though I don’t think he submitted)
800 SAT subject tests Math 2 and Physics
4.0 uw/w (school weight is less than a percentage point per class, no GPA advantage to AP or Honors)
5 APs, 8 Honors (same distinction at his school)
Met with rowing coach and considered a recruit if ED, but he chose to go RD
STRONG ECs, particularly in leadership, ethics, and mentoring
Three-sport, four season athlete (rows year-round, so doubles sports three seasons out of the year)
US Presidential Scholar candidate
NMF
URM
GREAT letters (I’m assuming, though he chose to waive FERPA - he is highly regarded among both peers and faculty)
Accepted: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Boston College, University of Delaware, Colby College
Deferred EA, then rejected: MIT
Waiting on: Tufts, Princeton, Yale (all long shots)