| Your application essay is VERY IMPORTANT (aside from gpa, extracurricular activities, etc). My gpa was below 3.5 but I got into UCI, UCSD, UCLA...still waiting for UCB but my point to you is this: when they look through your application, they only know a few things about you. What of your personality? Your personal experiences? What have you got to share that would make you a worthy student on their campus? I have heard countless people with very high grade point averages (4.2, 3.8, 3.6 and so on) get rejected and they were very active members on their school campuses. So what's the problem? What is it that the colleges are looking for? Your personal statements is your opportunity to show them who you are as a person, what you have achieved as a personal goal (not entirely academic because they can see that through the other aspects of your application), and what you have learned from the experiences that you went through. I'm sure everyone who applies to any colleges, is worthy. But admissions don't know who you are. They would like to at least know the students who are going to be coming to their campus, not just anyone who has good grades or is the most active or anything.
p.s. if you got rejected, don't be discouraged. I'm sure there are plenty of great schools out there that will accept you. |