I would balance it;

Aug 29, 2015
8:57:16am

Archaea

I would balance it;

Some prep schools in New England place students at the Ivies despite average grades because of the rigors.

I would not want my child to get Cs, but an occasional B if the preparation gets him ready for college is okay.

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The BYU admissions dilemma...

Fdnman

8/29/15 5:58am

Did your oldest get in? If your kids do that well in hard classes 30+ shouldn't

Flyingdolphin

8/29/15 6:04am

He is submitting his papers this fall. 3.6 GPA and 30 ACT.

Fdnman

8/29/15 6:11am

Is the rest of his application well-rounded? Activities/service/leadership?

IGlowInTheDark

8/29/15 6:16am

Many community activities, not much school extracurricular...

Fdnman

8/29/15 6:23am

I don't think you have much to worry about.

kccougar

8/29/15 6:26am

Helicopter Parenting

Tsisquan

8/29/15 7:00am

Good stuff...no basis in reality, but good stuff.

Fdnman

8/29/15 8:12am

I think he will have a strong resume

kccougar

8/29/15 6:25am

Is there still time to boost that ACT score?

korihor

8/29/15 7:36am

Very good point...hard to argue it is the tough school if you don't get

Fdnman

8/29/15 8:14am

You won't like the answer, but

BYUtiful

8/29/15 6:38am

While BYU does not offer the same credit for an IB diploma that some schools do

kccougar

8/29/15 6:44am

If it was me would definitely play the game

cougfanz

8/29/15 6:39am

After some long discussion with BYU admissions, I learned

EV94305

8/29/15 6:40am

Fairfax County?

Remigius

8/29/15 6:41am

Yep

Fdnman

8/29/15 8:15am

Do you live outside of Utah?

WJCougar

8/29/15 7:13am

I grew up in the Utah schools and most of my relatives...yes he has a better

Fdnman

8/29/15 8:22am

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cvd6262

8/29/15 7:19am

"oriental" - FWIW - "Asian" is BY FAR the preferred reference

HarlemCoug

8/29/15 8:06am

Though if I had my preferences, I would have addressed it as Chinese heritage

TaiJuan

8/29/15 8:14am

I apologize if my vernacular has offended. I have nothing but the highest

Fdnman

8/29/15 8:24am

Now I am confused. Are you suggesting your kid got outperformed because kids

TaiJuan

8/29/15 8:27am

Yep, you are confused. I am saying that the Chinese class specifically was

Fdnman

8/29/15 8:34am

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Fdnman

8/29/15 8:36am

GPA is an extremely soft indicator of performance

sidsie716

8/29/15 8:20am

Back in the 90s, BYU had rankings of every high school and used that to weight

Byron McNertney

8/29/15 8:35am

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cvd6262

8/29/15 8:41am

Sorry to high-jack your thread. Can you still get into BYU during Spring or

SD-Y-FAN

8/29/15 8:44am

I am not arguing that my kids are all American scholars...I understand they

Fdnman

8/29/15 8:44am

I would balance it;

Archaea

8/29/15 8:57am

Anecdotal evidence suggests his ACT score is most important.

CosmoK

8/29/15 9:16am

This exact question was recently asked to BYU admissions advisor

byu1

8/29/15 9:16am

What if the skills you learn in AP classis improve your ACT by 3 points?

CosmoK

8/29/15 9:24am

There may not be a correlation. I didn't take a ton of AP classes and was able

cougarnerd

8/29/15 9:43am

To this point...my son flat out stated that he didn't learn a blasted thing

Fdnman

8/29/15 10:01am

The fact that the class sounded useless should be the most important thing, no?

CosmoK

8/29/15 10:14am

And I would still disagree

kccougar

8/29/15 12:43pm

i can confirm this and to me it's a dilemma

run26

8/29/15 3:46pm

Easy classes, straight A's. Every single time. I promise.

Sherlock

8/29/15 1:44pm

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