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<p>Mom has to also keep in mind that at many elite schools the large number of African Americans are students who are the children of recent immigrants from Africa and the Carribean, so as a black student, even though overall are blacks are underrepresented, black children of recent immigrants are “overrepresented” and many schools are looking to reach out to students with multi-generational roots in the U.S. (because they are underrepresented).</p>
<p>Mom has to be realistic as far as what her son is bringing to the table. Unless they are low income (HEOP eligible) his numbers are on the low end. </p>
<p>If money is going to be an issue, he will definitely have to come down a notch or two to be in contention for the $$ in addition to casting a wide net. </p>
<p>One of the problems I see with NY kids (especially NYC kids) is that many are of the mind set that there is NYC and there is everywhere else.</p>
<p>He would definitely get more mileage if he raised is scores and looked in the midwest, and even venturing out to schools like Grinnell, Beliot, Tulane and Macalaster. He should also look at Randolph College (formerly Randolph Macon), which recently went co-ed. They are SAT optional, looking for men and his grades may put in in the running for some merit $$. While it is also out of the 5 hours radius, I would recommend tossing an application to Oxford College at Emory, where his ##s would place him in the mix and they have generous need based FA.</p>