Williams or Amherst Admission - Realistic Chances

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Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:46:02 +0000

His grades have been straight As, but this year he’s gotten a couple of Bs with two AP classes. His counselor has told him without straight As, forget about highly selective colleges (like these)



My son just got an early acceptance letter from Amherst. He has several Bs on his transcript, but he’s also ranked #1 by a large margin, because he’s taken a lot more AP and college classes than anyone else. So rigor and class rank seem to outweigh more conservative class choices where the students do manage to get straight A’s throughout high school.