OP,you need to A) consider the advice being given here by some savvy posters (and it’s given politely. When 9th graders come on CC with this drive, they usually get eaten alive.) And B) realize how you are coming across, so driven. C) Get a good college admissions guide, so you understand things like one hs having a different grading scheme or different offerings than others. (Adcoms can figure out a 4.0/4.0 is as good as a 5.0/5.0) And what holistic means and how it shuts out many top performers.
You and Ithinkpink need to wake up and look at this: https://www.brown.edu/admission/undergraduate/explore/admission-facts
I need a rubber stamp since I post that so much. And this: it’s not all about stats. Period. They look for kids who understand their values and show the potential to contribute to their sense of campus community and good will. If you focus on high school grades, scores, a few showpiece activities, high school top dog status, etc, you miss the real chance to guide your child.
And: intellectually stimulating peers can be found at a surprising range of schools. Where do you think the Ivy quality kids go, when they don’t get into a tippy top???
Watch out for attitude. With tens of thousands of top performing applicants, most of them pretty same, some funky attitude about needing peers to be intellectually stimulating can seriously backfire. He’sonly in 9th grade and needs a chance to mature.