African-American HS Class of 2021

[EconPop]

@KsH13

Hello. Our son is deep in the process of applying for 2022, and we’re trying to guide him the best we can. He’s got a 4.167 GPA, 10 APs, great EC (including a paid internship in Physics Department at Colorado State University this summer), but a 1300 SAT. He’s interested in Engineering. We’re struggling with the decision to go test-optional and can’t help feeling like AOs will think, as an African-American student, he’s trying to hide a very low score by not submitting. We’re looking at a mix of target/reach schools: UVA, Purdue, Virginia Tech, University of Michigan, Northwestern, UW-Madison. Looking for collective wisdom and support of this great CC community. Thank you!!

If you’re in-state for UVA and VT, I think it’s almost a lock for admission. I know instate URMs will lesser stats who got into both, and the success rate was very high. As an OOS applicant, my S20 was accepted to VTech with lesser stats, but he was not applying for Engineering.