Do I Have a Chance?

rdeng2614
Thu, 12 Mar 2015 23:49:58 +0000

I am taking the SAT in March so won’t know the score yet.

I am a 3.93 Unweighted GPA ( which translates to 2 B’s in 2 1/2 years of High School) and am taking 4 AP’s this year as a junior.

I am not a first-generation and am not on the extreme low end of the financial spectrum. My parents live separated and we adopted a child a couple years back.

My problem is that I have no form of public transportation. I live with my mom and she can’t drive, so I have to rely on walking to school and biking and walking sometimes for groceries.

My mom was thinking of applying to this program which basically revokes her driver’s license but provides her with public transportation. She doesn’t want to do it, so I don’t know if anyone will believe my story as there is virtually no evidence to substantiate it.

Finally, I don’t know if this counts at all. I lived in the US for 12 years and went to a highly competitive Chinese public (not international) high school. I didn’t know any Chinese beforehand and stayed in that public school for about 2 years. I did all right (we have tests each month and rank fluctuates according to them) and I get around top 10-80 out of 700-800 Chinese students.

I just want someone to tell me if it is worth applying and what kind of information is relevant in terms of becoming a finalist.

I know it might be a little too late, but I was wondering if I should even bother. Does QuestBridge give a noticeable advantage? I was thinking about applying to UC’s and probably just Stanford and like 1-2 ivies.

Thanks so much.