Chances of getting in!!

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Wed, 14 Oct 2015 21:05:49 +0000

I understand your situation, but I personally don’t think admissions officers will necessarily be sympathetic. As a HS student, your primary job was to study and do well in your classes. This is a necessary but not necessarily sufficient condition for admission at any selective college, whether it is your flagship state university or WPI or Stanford. Similarly, at work, if I do additional work that is interesting to me but doesn’t help the business, I will not get paid.

But you can turn this into a learning opportunity for your further studies. Apply and see whether you can get in or not; I think it is unlikely you be admitted and even then, a scholarship is very unlikely. If you don’t, you have an opportunity to prove yourself at a community college and re-apply as a transfer. Transfer students sometimes get better scholarships and aid than freshman applicants. I know several (> 6) friends who took this route to WPI.

Good luck!