<p>I understand where the responders are coming from, but I also have a son similar to yours and “get” what you are saying (2300 SAT, 228 PSAT, all 5’s on AP exams). Here’s my best advice, take him to visit a couple top schools and go to the tours as well as the information sessions. They can hear all kinds of advice from their mom, but it’s MUCH more effective to hear from an admissions officer! I saw a complete change in my S after taking him to UNC Chapel Hill and he spent two summer enrichments at UVA. It made him WANT more for himself. I know that all you want is for your son to reach his full potential and for kids like this, where they can just “get by without effort”, they can begin to resign. Drag him to an info. session at some top schools (include smaller liberal arts schools as well as larger universities) and then also leave out on the coffee table, The Best 373 Colleges.</p>