Realistic for "relaxed intellectual"?

klenn
Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:58:05 +0000

Which is how his AP Lang teacher described my DS. Smart but not interested in getting all worked up about his grades. He is a junior and I want to make sure we are not being unrealistic about his chances for:

Reach: Williams (too much of a reach?) Claremont McKenna, UVA
Reasonable: Wake Forest, Washington & Lee, William & Mary, Naval Academy (legacy)
Safety: Wheaton, James Madison

SAT: CR-800, M-670, W-630 (retook in Jan to bring M & W up)
SAT II (MathII) 750 (will take US history and physics in June)

He was in a pre-IB program in 9th and 10th grade and then we moved to Japan where he attends an overseas American DOD school that does not weight pre-IB. He is taking most difficult courses

GPA is unweighted 3.6 (it was a 3.8 with pre-IB weighted) .
Class rank (27/616 at the end of soph. year)
A & Bs (one C in Spanish 3 but is on track for an A in Spanish 4 and will be doing language immersion this summer)

AP Euro: 4
AP Gov’t: 5

Currently taking AP calculus, AP Eng Lang, APUSH, Spanish 4, physics, Java II

ECs
Varsity Swimming 9, 10, 11 (&12) captain 11, Coach’s Award (10)
JV & Varsity Cross Country (10, 11 (&12)
Math Honor Society
NHS
Yearbook
Drama

Eagle Scout, algebra tutor, competitive open-water swimmer, scuba diver

Thanks!