Father graduated with BA in Business Administration Boston College
Daughter was diagnosed with Celiac disease in Soph year. Battled through and grades did not slip at all, improved.
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 550 (Math), 560 (Critical Reading), 590 (Writing) on 2nd attempt as Junior
SAT | (breakdown): 420 (Math), 500 (Critical Reading), 460 (Writing) on 1st Attempt as Sophomore
Not taking SAT again. She doesn’t test well, and gets anxiety
Weighted GPA: 4.17. GPA Frosh was 3.9, Soph was 4.07.
Unweighted GPA: 3.90
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No idea. CA doesn’t rank anymore. Silicon Valley located school,
so the competition is intense. No grade inflation here.
AP (place score in parenthesis): None. I told her not to bother. 3 years of Spanish was all Honors Spanish
Took forensics and trig junior year.
Awards: Northern California scholar athlete. GPA higher than a 4.0 and member of varsity softball. Awarded Soph year.
Northern California scholar athlete. GPA higher than a 4.0 and member of JV softball. Awarded Jr year.
Subjective:
Job/Work Experience: Summer after Junior year, associate at Rockin Jump which is an exercise facility
Essays: working on them. Since father is Jesuit educated, can help tackle the tough Magis question
Teacher Recommendation: Will all be exceptional. Kid is quiet but always knows the answer. Very well liked
Other:
Applying for Financial Aid?: Nope. Father and mother combined make north of $350K
Intended Major: Biology
State (if domestic applicant): California
School Type: large public school (~500 in her grade)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Hooks: Born in later November. Youngest kid in her class. CA cutoff is Dec 1st. I’m hoping they see that
she is very young, and her improvement year over year on the SAT combined with GPA is a match.
Reflection
Strengths: GPA. Given time to study, straight A student.
Weaknesses: Stupid SAT tests. Gets anxiety.
Comment: I told her not to stress the whole college stuff. She can attend Boston College Evening division at night and is guaranteed to be a graduate of a top 30 school. She is pretty much a lock at Clemson, Univ of Arizona, Univ of Alabama which she would be happy attending as wel