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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here.

I understand his gpa isn’t good.

But I have seen a lot of these statements below and thought perhaps there is hope somewhere.

“Colleges would rather see a B in a challenging class than a B in an easier class.”

“They want to see you have challenged yourself to the hardest classes your school has to offer.”

We know better now and yes have learnt a lesson.

To a pp, his only EC was not only a Scioly. 
He has awards from his sports which he has done since Freshman, has leadership role, TSA,  and more.

His scioly medal was from state level after getting the gold in regional.
I am not saying that he is excellent, he is not; but am clarifying to a pp  that he did have more than one EC.

He picked 2 Stem teachers for his recommendations in classes he got As in and had good rapport with.

Again, I see the biggest issue has been his unweighted gpa. I honestly don’t see whats wrong in his app, except his gpa and that he didn’t take 4 years of a foreign language.

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Hi OP,
Unfortunately these schools are not transparent in terms of what they are really looking looking for, especially from unhooked kids.  Statements like "we'd rather see a B in an AP" don't apply equally to all applicants and probably have to be taken with a grain of salt for anyone not FGLI or rural.  It's not reasonable to expect students and parents to do the level of research some on this forum are chiding you for.   
On hopefully a more helpful note, do research strong letter of continuing interest and ask your counseling office to make an advocacy call for your son to their top waitlist choice- while it is a long shot there are things you can do that will improve chances of getting in off of the waitlist.  Don't look back, move forward. 
Good luck[/quote]

Hello,

Do counselors really do advocacy calls? 
Should I ask ds to ask his counselor for that?

Thank you.[/quote]

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