a chance at all?

confidentialcoll
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:29:49 +0000

it helps that your school is competitive and that your sat score is high, gpa is still low, and your ecs are not outstanding. I think you’ll still have a difficult time getting accepted, one of my best friend’s brother had a very similar profile to yours except with slightly better ecs, a perfect gpa and no special circumstances, he was an excellent writer (essays weren’t great), but he was still deferred ed and rejected rd.

It’s better if you have a teacher or councellor write about special circumstances, if you write about it, it could seem like an excuse, and you don’t want to appear unable to handle personal difficulties. a tough divorce is a valid justification, it’s just more credible and unbiased if a third party writes about it. if neither your teachers nor your councellor knows, talk to one of them and have them discuss it in their recommendation.

I think you still have a chance, it’s worth applying ED, if you get in, you’re in, but expect to get differed.