So this isn’t for everyone, but depending on the kids’ interests, would one or both want to look at the service academies? Can be a great mix of academic eliteness and interesting athletic opportunity…but again, not for all tastes for sure.
I bring this up since you mentioned that they aren’t seniors yet…and I’ve heard from other strong students that by the time they got serious about looking at places like West Point or Naval, it was already too late to fulfill requirements for applying.