Strategy when grades are lower relative to test scores

lookingforward
Fri, 27 Sep 2019 17:02:12 +0000

Clarification: not just who he is, but that shows “who he is” is the sort they want in the class. An essay (and the supps) that shows thinking and traits relevant to college. Sure, it means you need an idea of wat they want, beyond grades and scores.

As for Naviance, it doesn’t reflect why an app succeeded. It would have shown college X usually took 2 kids/year from that hs. But after D2, there was a drought. One year, no kids. The next year, only one. Then none for two more years after that.

Btw, since adcoms for top colleges look at the transcript, it’s not simply gpa. It’s what rigor and what grades in the most important classes: cores and those related to the possible major. They don’t care about gym, electives, and district mandated extra courses as much.