Upward trend? Hmmm....

BrownParent
Thu, 15 Jan 2015 13:17:07 +0000

I think 4 B in the important Jr year is a bit tough for Harvard, to be honest. It will help of course to end the year with higher grades. That isn’t considered an upward trend, that is just recovering from a dip. Having a dip in Jr year is bad timing. You are supposed only to increase to AP when you can handle the workload. It is hard to balance sure. However being in a class that large it is hard to stand out and where you want to stand out is in some really impressive EC or some special talent or accomplishment. It is a given that you have strong SAT and great essays.