<p>Hey, I see that my old thread got resurrected. These days I’ve been hanging out on the Under 3.6 (GPA) and Applying Top 20 Parents Thread. </p>
<p>It was fun to re-read this thread from the beginning, now that I’ve been hanging out on CC longer and recognize some of the posters’ names better, and can put their remarks in context.</p>
<p>An update: S had his best year yet grade-wise as a junior, slightly better than freshman year, and significantly better than the bad sophomore year. It took FOREVER for the school to update his rank, and as we had hoped/expected, he crept up a few slots to be within the Top 10%. Yay! And he got 5’s on his two junior year APs. </p>
<p>I found the earlier suggestions in this thread very helpful - particularly to look for schools outside the northeast/mid-Atlantic corridor. S’s possibilities list has broadened considerably. Right now he is concentrating on an completing applications for an ED and a rolling in-state safety (TCNJ). Then, he will need to look back at the possibilities list and make his selections of which schools make the cut to apply to.</p>