<p>texaspg, I’ll just go ahead and ask. My kid is 17 and leaving for college after three years of highschool. 9th public (5/461 - he took two shop classes and was hurt on the weighted gpa scale), the last two years homeschooled. Also homeschooled 3rd-8th grade.
A Yale alum called to set up an interview with him and what puzzles me is that they only have his SAT I scores which were low (relatively) 800cr, 660M, 670W with a 7 on the essay as he ran out of time. He does not have SAT subject tests or ACT+W on file with them which is what they require.
Additionally, he wrote an excellent essay on the Common Application but then turned around and mistakenly pasted it in for the Yale writing supplement a few days later so they got TWO versions of the SAME essay!
My question is, “why are they interviewing him?” Don’t they need to interview likely candidates? I know he would be a great fit and would excel but man he has soiled the process and I don’t know why they would call. Any thoughts?</p>