Stats:
SAT1: 1590 (800Math)
SAT-Subjects: 800’s in Math-L2, Math-L1 and Physics; 760 in Chem
GPA-UW: 3.8 ← this is the concern
GPA-W: 4.85 out of 5.0
Rank: top 5% of class of around 450
Rigor: highest with 13 AP’s completed by end of senior year (5’s in all completed AP’s except one with a 4); rest of credits are Honors. he completed Calc an CS AP’s; doing Multivariable Calc and Linear Algebra through a community college as senior year courses (exhausted school math/cs classes)
EC’s: would rate average+/good with consistency and leadership roles in 4 academic oriented clubs; summer research with a prof; varsity sport; marathon runner (not competitive but completed one race). State level awards and wins in math/cs/science competitions; 2xAIME qualifier;
The concern is UW-GPA (think most universities look at that) but his rank is not bad at <5%. The bad grades were in Spanish (2 B’s out of 4 levels he took others A-), English (1 B+), Chem (1 B+). The problem is: 2 of his B’s are in sophomore and 2 in Junior (btw all his B’s are in non-AP courses - he did better in AP courses).