His unweighted GPA was 3.77 and his weighted GPA was 4.19. His first semester senior year GPA is 4.0 unweighted and 4.5 weighted. His essays were also extremely well written. He is a kid who is great at math/science and is also an excellent writer (and artist). I have been told that he was also competing with kids from his high school, as each school only accepts a certain number from each specific school. You make a good point about him being too similar to other students…ie, with a similar “profile.”