Class of 2011 Discussion Thread

livesforsummer
Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:16:49 +0000

Hi! Recently I’ve been wanting to be a social work major (which isn’t as common as you’d think, for undergrad)

I have no idea what school’s I’m interested in (Although, even though I do like it, I don’t want to go to penn state bc tons of people in my family went there, my brother goes there, and it’s what’s expected of me) but I think I’ll end up at a big state school.

Financial Aid, and money, is a big factor for me. (Which is why penn state would make sense again, but it doesn’t have a social work undergrad major) I have some money put away for college, and if I went to a school with the tuition that is about the same as Penn State, I would be covered. (Maybe debt free, but probably a little bit of debt b/c tuition will probably rise.)

I want a school with a good campus, and good school spirit. (It doesn’t have to be a public, but private schools tend to be more expensive.) It doesn’t have to be a huge school, but I really hate the idea of a small school.

Also, I’m not an extremely good student. I had decent grades freshman year (4.2 weighted GPA), but sophmore year it all went downhill, and therefore my GPA has suffered. (3.8 weighted)
I’m not taking any AP courses next year, and I should have teachers that are way easier this year as well. I took the PSAT’s last fall, and did average-ish (average in the real world, not the CC world) but I’m in the process of getting tutored for either the ACT or SAT. My scores should rise a good amount. (I’ll probably take the SAT though, bc I hate the ACT) I’m also not taking any SAT II’s.

Oh, and I live in PA.

Okay, I bet your all laughing at me if you’ve even read all of this.
Please, if you have any reccomendations of schools, let me know.
(I’ll be sure to try and return the favor if any of you want it.)

ALSO: Have any of you gone on any college visits yet? How did they go?