<p>Firstly, he’s a sophomore. Chill! It’ll be fine. He’ll get in to an amazing school no matter what. Secondly, if he keeps up a 3.9 unweighted (or the equivalent), he should at least be fine for Reed. I had a friend get in there ED who had a much lower GPA, with a 2260 SAT and pretty good ECs. It’s fine. :)</p>
<p>Also, don’t worry about how rigorous his course load is compared to students from other high schools. Most (if not all) colleges look at the difficulty of your course load in the context of your high school. If he’s taking the most challenging courses he can within the high school, they’ll see that and take note of it. </p>
<p>For a lot the schools you’re looking at (Occidental, Reed), you should be fine. Just relax and make sure the schools he applies to are schools that he’ll be happy at!</p>