Coming from a lower-caliber high school

4yorkshiremen
Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:35:09 +0000

I had the same background as you did, just 20 years ago. In my experience what happens is that the humanities classes and social sciences are great, but I really suffered in math and science. Since I had been the top of my class at home, it was hard to realize I couldn’t do the work in college. If you are planning on staying in math or science, I would try to get extra help over the summer or once you are there. You are less prepared, but the admissions office thinks you can do it!