How many Bs is too much for t20s/ivys?

Applying to College
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  1. This is one year of grades. Just do your personal best for the rest of high school.

  2. It’s wonderful you are aiming high, but I would suggest you spend some significant time finding two sure things for admission, that you would be happy to attend, and that are affordable. Do that FIRST. It’s very easy to find reach schools…but your two sure things are the most important colleges on your application list, in my opinion.

  3. At this point, you don’t have an SAT or ACT score and many of the top schools are now requiring them.

  4. Once you have your mid year 11th grade grades, you will have a better idea of which colleges are realistic applications for you. And it IS alright to have some reaches in the bunch.

  5. Please read the thread I’m linking here. It’s an older one but the advice is the same. This was a tippy top student who applied to all high end colleges. He was NMF, class val, excellent LOR, excellent ECs. No one expected him to NOT get accepted everywhere he applied…but that is what happened. He did land well on his feet after a well crafted gap year, but his senior year of high school was not fun getting rejection after rejection…after rejection.

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