<p>After high school I wasn’t much interested in going off to school and instead worked here around in my hometown. Lately though I really want to set off on my original goals that I put on the back burner and my boyfriend is being really supportive.
I graduated high school with a solid 3.0 GPA (Officially confirmed it with my high school this week) and have been seeking help from their current college counselor. She has been very helpful and is helping me getting my applications together before Christmas so that I can attend college next fall.</p>
<p>I’m very interested in taking the opportunity to study abroad once I’m settled in at whatever school I end up in but my problem is I’m not sure which colleges have the study aboard programs I’m interested in.
I’d love to take the chance and spend a few semesters spaced out in England, Ireland, Italy, and France. I know that seems like quite a lot but I crave to see as much of the world as I can. Do any schools offer all of those opportunities, especially the ones in England and Ireland?
I currently reside in Pennsylvania and am open to exploring colleges, I love architecture of buildings especially the Gothic/England side and would love to find a college that has that until I have the chance to study abroad.</p>
<p>My stats
-GPA: 3.0
-SAT Critical Reading: 490 / Math: 380
(I’m aware my SAT scores are terrible but I’m retaking them here on Dec. 4 and have been studying. My mistake the first time is that I answered every single question whether or not I knew it as I thought you got more points for at least trying the question, wasn’t aware that it worked the other way around. So I’m confident I may be able to get into at least the 600s in each area this time around with my math perhaps a bit below that.)
-No AP courses(Our school did not have them available)
-I did take two college courses through my high school my senior year in Grammar and Communications.
-Not sure of my rank in class but I come from a very small school with the school population below 300. There were only 30 kids or less in my class.</p>
<p>I’m interested in majoring in Clinical Psychology so the school must have that course available and I’d like to minor in perhaps Creative Writing.
I have a passion for film and photography but if anything I’d only like to dabble in them while in college so a class in those areas would be nice.</p>
<p>Thank you for any help in advance. I’m in such a predicament right now I’m not sure of which colleges that I do like for certain.</p>
<p>Also does anyone know anything about Chestnut Hill College of Philadelphia, PA? Its not too far from me and from the pictures I’ve seen here on the internet it has a very nice castle-like feel to it.
It seems like a nice saftey for me but I’m concerned about the size, where it stands on an education basis, and what the rest of the campus feels like on and off. I’ve come past a few posts that say its not quite up there on their technology computer wise.</p>
<p>^ It looks like your grades and scores would give you a good shot at admission to Chestnut Hill. The full cost of attendance, living on campus, is nearly $40,000. Would you need financial aid? </p>
<p>Students who enroll in study abroad programs generally spend one or two (not a few) semesters overseas.</p>
<p>I am applying for financial aid, we have a FASFA meeting next week where there helping current seniors and anyone else who wants to attend.
One or two semesters is fine with me, I contacted Arcadia University today and got some information on their study abroad program and its seems very nice, Is Arcadia a better compared to Chestnut Hill?</p>
<p>I’m not limited to stay in my current state of PA, I can also travel to outer states nearby. Its been difficult finding a University with my program I like and the only two that have interested me that have my program are Chestnut Hill and Bryn Mawr. I absolutely love Bryn Mawr but the fact that its an all womens college hinders me a bit in choosing it, I want the full college experience and it seems to block that a bit.</p>
<p>Were pretty much just choosing the college and dealing with the financial aspect along the way. They have some money put aside as well as I do from working. We’ve been told that under our family circumstances we may apply for quite a bit of financial aid due to my mothers disabilities and our income among other things.</p>
<p>I think my major problem is that in my mind I’ve always seen myself in Universities in places like England and Ireland and when looking here in the states its just not something I absolutely love which is why I want the study abroad program available.
I’ve looked at many nice colleges but none seem to offer that click for me that says “Thats my dream college!” Is their something wrong with not being able to find that college you love?
All the ones I love are located overseas but that requires a good bit of money just to go to those schools opposed to going to one in your state or states lining yours.</p>
<p>Right now the few that I’m interested in that are located in my state are;
Saftey: Chestnut Hill College
On par: Arcadia University and Bryn Mawr College
Reach: Lehigh University</p>
<p>Please let me know if those are not really saftey schools or on par schools for me. I’m a bit confused with all this to be honest.
Is it okay to apply to a moon shot as well? Something that you know you aren’t getting into but there is still that small 10% chance you just might? Something like Tufts and the like.</p>