Chances for my Junior S

5boys
Sun, 02 Jan 2011 21:46:06 +0000

My Junior S is putting together a list of colleges he wants to visit. Wesleyan is on it from what he has researched about it on paper. I’m just not sure if it is too high a reach for him

Right now through sophomore year he only has a 3.3 UW GPA, but so far this year he as almost all A’s and in more rigorous classes. Hopefully when he applies next year he will get it up to 3.6 or so. His first SAT was 2100 and he will retake the end of this year.

He is an Eagle Scout, First Responder, beach lifeguard, certified rescue diver, volunteers with a local search and rescue team, and has over 750 hrs. volunteering his summers to conservation efforts in the back country all over the US. He has a prestigious national leadership position in scouting that takes an enormous amount of time and organization… the position is usually held by an adult. He is leaving in a few weeks to go across country to live and go to a prestigious school for a semester on an organic working farm in rural Vermont. It’s so hard to judge admissions with this sort of lop-sided kid. Any suggestions would be most helpful. So far he already has a few sure bets that he really likes but we are trying to narrow down the reaches.