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[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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It is not a deal breaker especially if the STEM LORs are excellent, but last year in my DC MCPS Magnet future STEM majors submit 1 humanities LOR (e.g. AP English) and 1 STEM LOR for balance. Happy with the result, full tuition ride at a private T-20, and acceptances at other private T-10s and T-20s. Majority DC's magnet friends ended up in top T-20 schools, including 11 at MIT. Pretty sure everyone did the same with LOR humanities/STEM split.[/quote]

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