Chance my son for MIT, Stanford, UC Berkley, Georgia Tech, UCLA - Engineering Programs

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>My son is a Senior. He got a D in second semester AP US History but a 3 on the US History AP test (Spring 2014). He will be taking American Government in the Spring 2015. His school college counselor advised that he take the class again at national university online. However, there are not enough hours in the day for him to do that. We are all pretty stressed about this. These are his stats:</p>

<p>GPA 4.292 weighted (after the D)
SAT Scores, 2,280
SAT Subject Test: Math 2 - 800
SAT Subject Test: Physics - 730
Class Ranking: 28 out of 548 students (top 5.109%)</p>

<p>Awards/Honors
* AP Scholar with Distinction (has taken 9 APs and passed them all with 3 or above). Would have taken 5 more APs by end of 12th grade.
* MIT Scholarship recipient for the 2014 Summer MITES program (studied engineering and lived at MIT last summer, all expenses paid)
* Top Physics Student Award at the MITES program
* Top App Team Award at the MITES program
* 2014 1st Place in Science Olympiad California State Finals for Mag Lev
* 2014 3rd Place in Science Olympiad California State Finals for Simple Machines</p>

<p>Jobs/Extra Curricular</p>

<ul>
<li>Summer Tennis Instructor (paid job) (2 years)</li>
<li>Lead Builder, Science Olympiad Team (2 years)</li>
<li>Captain, Tennis Team - plays varsity singles and doubles (4 years)</li>
<li>Founder, Student-to-student tutoring club. Tutors kids in math and physics, recruits student tutors and matches them with students who need tutoring (4 years)</li>
</ul>

<p>Notes:
The UC system's Quick Reference for Counselors Guide indicates that an AP score of 3 or above is sufficient to fulfill the US History requirement. However, we are concerned that the D will reflect negatively.</p>

<p>The US History teacher in this high school is a punitive teacher who is notorious for making the tests so difficult that 30% to 40% of the students get a C or less. Yet, over 90% pass the AP test with a 3 or higher. Clearly the grade does not reflect their knowledge.</p>

<p>When he received the MIT scholarship he had a C in the class (1st semester grade) but the grade deteriorated, rather than improved.</p>

<p>Anyhow, if any of you can give us some input we would greatly appreciate it. Perhaps someone with a similar situation?</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>Match for all</p>

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<p>Is he a URM? If not I doubt that all those schools are matched. What is he uw GPA?</p>

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<p>He looks like a really strong candidate but a D junior year is a HUGE downer. Adcoms always say that junior year is the most important year and getting a D in APUSH will reflect negatively across his app. All you can really do at this point is hope for the best. But definitely DO NOT try and justify his D by saying his teacher was unreasonably difficult, etc. That will just make him look immature and kill his chances all together.</p>

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<p>That D is a killer. Note that for UCLA and Berkeley, even after acceptance, having a D grade during Senior year can be a reason for them to rescind the acceptance. </p>