“What is the student’s GPA now?Around a 3.0? I’d be more concerned about SAT/ACT scores. A great essay could help, but with a relatively low GPA is the kid even applying to selective schools?”
I think the GPA is about a 3.0 now. His ACT is a 35. Hes already in at Big state U that lets you know right away ( hint …it’s Iowa) and will happily attend if he can’t get in anywhere he’d rather go so he’s shooting for some highly selective school figuring he has nothing really to lose.
He wanted to tell his story which his mom sent me which is about about how one little decision changed his life ( to actually do his homework one night because his sister had this super pretty super smart girl over studying and he wanted to seem like he wasn’t " a total loser" so he sat down mostly planning to pretend to work but what do you know when he started doing the work he actually found it intersting and not as torturous as he thought schoolwork would be and that made him re- think a lot of things in his life, including why he wasn’t really trying and why he wasn’t more involved in school activities (and the only thing he could come up with was "I’m kind of an idiot) he decided that maybe his new thing should be to at least try hard for 20 minutes and see where it goes and now he has and not only great grades but has started a daily tv show for announcements at school ( plus the 20 min thing led to him really keeping his room neater and meeting people he wouldn’t have otherwise )
I thought the esssay was a little different and maybe risky but really touched me because it was so like me.
His mom was telling this story to our mutual friend and it was in some ways so similar to what she knew about me that she made the mom call me