Coronavirus Silver Lining: Easier To Get Into Many Top Colleges

Alucard41
Fri, 24 Apr 2020 01:07:00 +0000

This is a helpful thread in that, it gives me hope that my son will be accepted off the waitlist at his choice school in D.C. I’m sure you’ve all heard it before, my son, my daughter, they’re smart, talented…etc. Well, I suppose I’m the same but one thing my son has going for himself is that he’s exceptionally charming and articulate but given that the school in D.C. didn’t care to do any interviews, it renders that part of him irrelavant, unfortunately. He’s a very sharp young man, knows more at his age about our political system and an understanding and complete grasp of the Supreme Court and related legal matters than I would ever hope to know. He won his moot court case against ivy league bound kids going away. A Congressman spoke at his school and was so impressed with my son’s answers and follow up to his questions that he called the school the following day and offered my son an internship. While my son’s SAT of 1390 isn’t best, nor his 3.7?? GPA, although taking many very difficult AP classes, I’m surprised he didn’t get into six other schools he applied to. We have a decision to make because we need to put a deposit down on his back up of a back up school. Going through this process last year with an older son, although he applied as an athlete, I’m disappointed with this entire process. I also have to add that while they’re supposed to, I don’t think those evaluating applicants consider the high school and rigor vs other high schools. Hopefully an opportunity will present itself.