hopeless friend chances

brillar
Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:33:23 +0000

I was rejected outright ED, with 3.9 UW GPA and 1480/1600 SATs. Plus ECs (not spectacular, but volunteering, leadership, theater, teaching relating things, etc.) and good essays. I’m not bragging (I still wasn’t good enough for Swat!), just putting some things in perspective.

I mean, miracles DO happen, but I would recommend that she doesn’t fall head-over-heals with Swat. I did. It stank.

Plus, 3.1 UW GPA means a lot of lower grades, depending on the difficulty of the grading system of the high school. Swat is a bajillion times harder than high school, so maybe she should consider that she’d be really stressed and unhappy at Swat. Valedictorians and top students with top SAT scores struggle there. I have a feeling that I would have formed a crazy twitch in my left eye (from stress) if I went to Swat- and I’ve done pretty well in high school.