Chance Me? (Rutgers/MSU/CC)

JvinP13
Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:25:23 +0000

Good afternoon! (night, morning… whatever haha)

I recently moved here (US) and I always wanted to pursue a higher education even though my GPA may say the opposite. I wanna go to Rutgers-Newark and then transfer to NYU, that’s my main goal.

I’m a little lost since my country’s educational system is a little different from yours. In my country, they don’t care about your grades at all; Going to a public HS can be a living hell since nobody cares about their grades and it’s hard to concentrate (specially because I had a job)… but I’m not here to complain or make any excuses.


My stats:
• GPA: 2.4 (I know it’s low)
• International HS graduate
• Latino, first-generation student, middle income.
International Standartized Scores got me:
• My essay got one of the highest possible grades
• Accepted in one of the top 10 universities in Latin America, top 3 in my country.
• Full-tuition scholarship to get a Law degree in a private university (Law isn’t a postgraduate degree in my country)


My school didn’t have any activities club or even a counselour. I don’t have a recommendation letter (MSU said they could waive it) and it’s impossible for me to get one: I would have to comeback to my country and TRY to get one with the principal, I didn’t see anyone getting recommendation letters since it is useless there.

Should I even bother and try to take the SATs or go straight to a community college, try to raise my grades and start with a whole new GPA? If I take the SATs is there any chances that my scores will overcome my GPA?

PS: I would apply as a freshman.

Thank you in advance.