Carleton for my outdoorsy S???

heymariko
Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:44:32 +0000

So I definitely graduated (from an extremely rigorous, Northern California prep school, blahblahblah) with a 3.2 and I got into Carleton. My grades tanked sophomore year of high school and they trended up from there.

Carleton was my reach school. I don’t have a “hook.” Statistically I shouldn’t be here. According to SAY I shouldn’t have gotten in here.

Maybe my college counselor made some calls. Maybe whoever was reading my essays was having a really good day. Maybe I was lucky. I don’t know.

I do know that I’m a damned good fit for Carleton. I work hard (and honestly, if you go to Carleton you should be prepared to fight for your B’s and even C’s), and I’m passionate about the things I do.

What matters to me is that I’m here and I’m doing great, despite everything on Naviance and College Confidential and Princeton Review and blahblahblah. At the end of the day, data are just data; and a reach means it might be within grasp.

I got up on my tiptoes for it.