Hook about my parents

mathmom
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:08:04 +0000

Both Harvard and Columbia accept kids with an average weighted GPA of about 99 at our school. Average SAT for Columbia is about 1400/1600 while it’s closer to 1520/1600 for Harvard. How much of a hook your parent would be probably depends on the position. Prime Minister, president? Big hook. Minister, cabinet level? Less so.

There’s generally some forgiveness for lower freshman year grades, how much is hard to say. Stanford is the only top school I know of that says they don’t look at freshman year grades at all.

Sounds like you could write an interesting essay about how your family has gotten you interested in politics.