<p>I think what is tricky is when your kid is really not an Engineer-kind of kid (but does much better in the math/science subjects) and the humanities just aren’t going so well (on the SAT front…the classes are fine). I think at some point you just have to wait it out and see what happens. But, Mathmom has a good point…you have to apply to enough schools with a range of acceptances, so the kid has choices by April/May…(there are no 800’s in our future, for that I am pretty sure!)</p>