<p>My son's profile:
GPA- 4.2 weighted (all A's except 2 B's in the AP classes)
Honors everything, plus AP Lit, AP History
Will take AP Physics and Calc Senior year</p>
<p>PSAT Fall Junior year: 70 M, 56 V
1st SAT March: 660 M, 620 V
2nd SAT June: 710 M, 700 V</p>
<p>Plays 2 Varsity sports
Student Government
Lots of Leadership positions, Boys State, etc
Part time job
Math and Academic teams, Band (no stand out, just enjoy)</p>
<p>Relatively weak verbal skills and interests (compared to math/science). We were ecstatic with the huge improvement in his verbal scores over the course of a year, which we attribute to taking AP Lit and History and being more relaxed on the second test.
Unfortunately he scored a 2 on his AP Lit exam, expected but disappointing (it was a challenging class and he knew he bombed the exam), although he received a hard B in the class with a lot of sweat. He opted to challenge himself and take AP classes in his weaker subjects during his Junior year for the express purpose of improving his reading/writing skills.</p>
<p>Will the AP score detract from his application? </p>
<p>His counselor is encouraging him to take more exams (ACT, SAT II's) but we're leary about another disappointing score, especially since he gets nervous about tests and after the AP test experience, will be more anxious than usual. </p>
<p>Why not just leave good enough alone and submit the SAT score? Could too much information hurt rather than help? A freind of his did well on the SAT (1350) but ended up with a 24 on the ACT. Further, will the contrast in the SAT scores lead administrators to write off the higher scores as a fluke?</p>
<p>His school choices:
University of Virginia
University of Florida
Georgia Tech
Virginia Tech
NC State
Duke
University of Maryland</p>
<p>Are these realistic?</p>