Son's situation causes problem for ivies!!

momlovesharvard
Sat, 16 Feb 2013 19:58:39 +0000

My son attends a college prep school in Texas. Here in texas, there is a large number of college prep schools that have primarily dual enrollment packages with nearby community colleges/universities. My son attends one of these which is a fairly new one too. Basically it is a 4/5 year rigourous college prep program where students take NO APs or IBs, instead they take 60+ credits in dual enrollment classes through the partnered community college. My son has taken all high school honors courses and will have taken about 12-13 college courses (primarily in math, science, social sciences) by end of senior year 1st semester and will get an Associates Degree at graduation from high school. I am very concerned with how this school/academy and his grades will look to top 20 colleges that my son is applying to. He is going to apply to Rice, Harvard, Penn, Cornell, Duke, Brown, UC Berkeley, Vanderbilt, Chicago, etc.
He so far only has had two Bs (in college courses) and all other As. Will his situation with his school give him a disadvantage when compared to other high schoolers that are taking AP/IB courses that have similar grades?? I don’t really care if the credits transfer or not because most of them won’t, I am just concerned with any disadvantages this causes? I contacted all the schools but they all gave me generic answers (like expected). I really want some input!! thanks!