Help! College issues with Ivy league son

lookingforward
Thu, 12 Jul 2018 17:25:51 +0000

It doesn’t “distinguish” them.
It is part of the academic bar to look for strengths. Realize the fierce competition, where a 4 in the major area can be seen as less strong. It’s not all stats, but stats do matter. So does the ability to take on challenges and resilience. And having a balanced perspective. They had to see something in this kid that said he can do it. Adcoms aren’t acdemic advisors, monitoring course choices.