Good morning everyone! I've been reviewing the threads for a while now and I haven't really found an answer to a pressing question on my mind and DS' mind. He is currently a junior at a competitive high school in our district and the only Project Lead the Way Engineering school with other STEM accreditations (Distinguished PLTW,PRIME and AdvancED).
He is not in the 10% of the class, but he's an Eagle Scout and has a lot of other leadership through the JROTC program (with medals) and letters in Marksmanship and Color Guard. His SAT is 640 Reading / 680 Math. He's working on his PFE. He's thinking about retaking the SAT, but not sure. His unweighted GPA is 3.4, weighted is 5.06, but he's taking a lot of AP classes, including Calc and Physics. He's also taking engineering classes.
My question is, I know his GPA isn't in the 3.8 range but does the type of H.S. he attend make a difference? We are trying to come up with a plan to make the strongest application he can and everyone keeps telling us the High School will make a difference, I'm just don't want to put too much weight in that.
Sorry for the long post - he's spent hours combing through the discussion threads trying to come up with the next part of his plan.
He is not in the 10% of the class, but he's an Eagle Scout and has a lot of other leadership through the JROTC program (with medals) and letters in Marksmanship and Color Guard. His SAT is 640 Reading / 680 Math. He's working on his PFE. He's thinking about retaking the SAT, but not sure. His unweighted GPA is 3.4, weighted is 5.06, but he's taking a lot of AP classes, including Calc and Physics. He's also taking engineering classes.
My question is, I know his GPA isn't in the 3.8 range but does the type of H.S. he attend make a difference? We are trying to come up with a plan to make the strongest application he can and everyone keeps telling us the High School will make a difference, I'm just don't want to put too much weight in that.
Sorry for the long post - he's spent hours combing through the discussion threads trying to come up with the next part of his plan.