Chance me plz! thanks!

SmithieandProud
Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:30:03 +0000

If your AP score is three or better, I would send them. Definitely look into getting a fee waiver as needed, your guidance counselor should be able to offer more info on that if you have questions. And as Danielle said, there’s no application fee to apply online, and Smith is a Common Application college, so if you’re already applying to other Common App schools it’s very easy.

I think you lose nothing by applying. Your stats seem good and you wont’ know how much financial aid you’ll receive until/unless you apply. A few things you might tell your parents about Smith’s resources, it has an over $1 billion endowment, over the past 10 years it has received more National Science Foundation grants than any other peer institution, it’s has a leading success rate for Fulbright fellowships (45% of Smith applicants received Fulbrights this year, 2.5 times the national average), it has excellent study abroad programs and a really great Career Development office, it guarantees every student $2400 at one point during their undergraduate career to put towards an unpaid summer internship, I could keep going

What might be most convincing for them is that Smith is part of the Five College Consortium, which includes UMASS, a major university, and Amherst College, consistently ranked as one of the top undergraduate universities in the country. You can take classes at either of those schools, as well as Hampshire College and Mt. Holyoke for free while you’re a student at Smith. So in some ways, you can tell them it’s the best of both worlds. You get the liberal arts, women’s college experience you want. They get the peace of mind of knowing you still have access to the large resources of a big university.