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How would he know Nathan’s GPA? Is your friend the Harvard AO who has access to the applicant’s file? lol
Nathan skipped a grade. He took AP calculus at age 15. He didn’t need to take AP at all or didn’t need to take calculus that early if he is not good.
And if your friend’s words could be counted, there was chat group with kids from Lakewood claimed he did get into H. Whom should we believe?
BTW, Nathan had online courses from Connections Academy, like Vincent and Alexandria Yao did.
Alexandria Yao is going to Columbia this fall.
I actually don't doubt that Nathan's GPA is low (Ivy League standards). I don't know if he lives in a competitive school district, but the GPA required for Ivy League schools are incredibly high. To have an Ivy-League standard GPA along with a skating career is impossible. I'm sure Nathan's incredibly smart (getting into Yale!!), but intelligence level and GPA are loosely correlated. In High School, it's really who tries harder.
Someone who's very close to me has many of the same achievements as Nathan: AP Calculus BC at age 15 (5 on AP Test), Full score on Math SAT, but he had a low GPA because he was more interested in playing tennis. Ultimately, he got into University based on his PSAT score (National Merit Finalist) alone.
Edit; I don't believe that other people would know his GPA, but I don't think he got into Yale because of it.