chance my friend

ChristianWu
Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:40:19 +0000

I met a UG student with a 3.2 GPA in High School, he got in with many ECs and he is totally cool! He isn’t first gen tho.

I got in with scores MUCH MUCH lower than ur friends. It just depends on how well the essays are and how unique they are as well. Also if he is in ELC chances are, they he has a higher chance of getting in.

I say he has a high chance. They really do look for leadership and commitment in ECs. One of the admission people were talking in the overnight program and they said that they enjoyed seeing people with highly committed ECs as well as 3+ years of sports and leadership, but they also liked the diversification of the students, and how each student wrote their essays!

Essays, they said, told them A LOT about the student, and they enjoyed reading unique ones, it 'brightened up their day" she said :).

“Scores are not everything, but it’s a nice addition.” She also said !