Chances at Top LAC's?

Infos33k3r
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:25:43 +0000

Your grades are good, but will help a lot more if connected to strong teacher and counselor recommendations. Pick teachers who have seen you grow and flourish and can offer compelling perspectives on you. Hopefully, they can speak to to the schools’ high standards, which might make up for any perceived inadequacies in the GPA.

Retaking the SATs/Subject Tests/ACT would be very useful. Try working with a private Kaplan tutor. They’re expensive, but worth it. My SAT climbed 80 points math, 60 points critical reading, and 20 points writing after working with one.

What do you do as a volunteer? What clubs are you in? You need to be specific and passionate about it. Make them see your character in what you do, if you can.

Make sure to interview wherever you can and be able to explain why classics/linguistics. It’s an amazing major, but you need to be able to explain it in context with your life. LACs want whole characters, not just numbers, so these interviews will crystallize their idea of you and improve your understanding of the schools.

Best of luck. I hope this helps. Can you chance me? The link is below. Thanks. Peace.