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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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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]

PP. BTW DC rejected at Georgia Tech (RD), Cal, UCLA. Got in UMD (in state) but did not get Honors (did not have the 4.0 UGPA). Didn't even try to apply to UVA since no chance as OOS.[/quote]

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