Chances of getting into these schools?

jontheman1
Sun, 15 Aug 2010 12:32:23 +0000

Thanks. I’ll be sure to put extra effort into the essay. Also, my AP scores reflect that I can do college-level work quite well, even if I’m not doing so hot on the ACT/SAT. Will colleges look at this?

But the story as briefly as I can put it, was on a summer day between 10th and 11th grade, my dad had open heart surgery in March so he couldn’t tend to his garden as he normally would. My mom and I decided to help and she was in charge of tilling (gas tiller) the garden while I was cutting up bags of bark mulch. Unfortunately, she had it upside down so when cranked it, it came sputtering towards her. She screamed so I ran to her, and I saw what was going on. I got behind her and with all my strength pushed the (heavy) tiller up so that it would lose traction. I then put it on the side of the garden so damage would be minimal. She got a few cuts on her legs, but it could have been much worse.