<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I have a few questions to ask... Your comments and opinion will help my son to make decisions on his college selection...
Here's some information on my son.</p>
<p>Male,
Junior in high school,
Epee,
Years in fencing: less than a year in competitive Epee, two years of recreational Foil.
B14 (from U to B in 9 months)
Notable results: Top 3 in Div II NAC, Top 64 in Cadet NAC
No ranking in Junior or Senior
Enthusiastic to continue fencing in college, hopefully in Div I
Dedicate 3~4 hours on fencing everyday</p>
<p>4.0 unweighted GPA
2290 SAT
233 PSAT
No SAT II has been taken yet.</p>
<p>My son desires to go to one of the Ivy schools.
I believe he accomplished a lot for less than a year in fencing, I understand he is not quite there yet to well qualify for one of the Ivys.
I believe he has strong academic, but not quite good enough to get in the Ivys without pulling in fencing side.</p>
<p>Here's my question...
1. Do you think he would be one of the good candidates of recruiting for Ivy coaches?
2. Should he focus on fencing to get higher ranking/rates or academics to get higher SAT and good SAT II scores?
3. Maybe the better question is: Should he go to NAC and JO to give a shot to get some Junior points (realistically top 64 or 32) or stay home and take SAT ot SAT II tests. Most of the SAT dates and fencing competition dates coincide...
4. Are Ivy schools even realistic? </p>
<p>Thanks you....</p>