-Inquiring Mind-

SabrinaJ · November 29, 2004, 1:29am

Greetings fellow college applicants! :)

One early action for me. Just one. Gave it all my all, though. Hopefully it will come through. While I eagerly await an answer, I wondered if anyone would evaluate me as far as other schools I’m applying to RD.

A little about me: 17-year-old Peruvian female, set foot in the U.S. in 1991 at 4 years old. Fluent in Spanish first. My dad has an A.A. in Computer Networking and my mom went to high school. Comparing financial aid packages is important because my dad won’t support me in my quest to study what I love. sigh Oh well. Lots of stories like those around these parts!

Possible Majors: Communications, Classics, Linguistics

Possible RDs: Wesleyan, Boston University, Brandeis U., Connecticut College
Incredible Edible Reaches (But hey, where would life be without them? ;)): Cornell, Columbia, Yale

Weighted G.P.A. - 3.5
Unweighted G.P.A - 3.3
1320 SAT I (720 Verbal, 600 Math)

SAT IIs:
800 - Writing
790 - Spanish
690 - French (freshman year; now much more proficient)
680 - U.S. History
640 - Biology E
540 - Math IC (Math’s not my strong point, I guess ^^;)

Class Rank - None/Approx. 25th percentile.
National Hispanic Scholar

AP Chem - 3
AP U.S. History - 5
AP Spanish Literature - 5
AP English Composition - 4
AP Biology - 2

High School - Public. One of the best in Connecticut. Handful of last year’s students to Yale, Princeton, Harvard - but none to neighbor Brown o.O It’s a shadow over us, hehe.

Dual Enrollment Case - High school student technically enrolled in high school this year but finished with all credits. (4 years English, 4 years Math, 3 years of Sci., History, Spanish, Band, P.E.) I’m attending community college this year instead.

(Hehe, why, you may ask? I hightailed it out of there as soon as I could. Tense atmosphere, even a bomb threat in the past year - it seems like everyone’s out to get everyone else!)

So far, I have earned a 4.0 average. Hopefully, I will graduate Spring of 2005 with an A.A. in Liberal Arts, though still considered a freshman applicant according to admissions officers I have spoken with.

It’d be great if my comm. college credits count, but it’s not the end of the world if they don’t, either. :)

ECs -

First chair flutist - Awards? Pshaw I did it for the pure fun I get out of band.
Varsity Tennis, Track & Field
Student Senator
Nursing home, Democratic Party volunteer (80+ hours combined)

Spanish Lit./U.S. History/English Comp. teachers for recs. :)

My early action choice? The University of Connecticut. I’m happy-go-lucky at the moment, so any and all remarks are appreciated and even guzzled down with a glass of bubbly pop. ^^ Kudos for getting this far!

tlaktan · November 29, 2004, 1:41am

I think you will easily get in UConn. I normally don’t roam around What Are My Chances… but…

Wesleyan – A… bit of a reach. I’d say… 40-50%?

Boston University - Decent chance.

Brandeis – Hrm. Don’t know much about Brandeis, although they did invite me to apply.

CC - Don’t know about CC, either.

Cornell - Maybe, but that GPA is a bit low.

Columbia - The competition here is killer.

Yale - And if Columbia’s a killer, Yale is on trial for attempted genocide.

SabrinaJ · November 29, 2004, 1:48am

Wow! Thank you so much for your input, tlaktan. It’s one thing to juggle all these facts in my head and hope that the wry smile on my GC’s face is genuine, but quite another to get a bit of validation from a neutral source Merci beaucoup!

tlaktan · November 29, 2004, 1:54am

No problem. Just trying to find some of those honest “what are my chances” posts.

I’ve buried myself in college statistics and the US News and World Report… Princeton Review… any college book basically to know the chances of admissions for the top 100 colleges and universities… so the least I could do for my time spent is to use it well and effectively evalute other people’s chances.

But do remember that I’m no judge, just a person giving his input.

C_Student · November 29, 2004, 6:52am

Are you sure you should be applying as a freshman? I know for a fact that Cornell wants students to apply as a transfer if they have enough units to obtain an AA degree. Besides, some schools might think that you are trying to trick them by having them admit you as a freshman and then trying to transfer over all of your units. I would verify with each school you are applying to that your application status really is freshman.

SabrinaJ · November 29, 2004, 8:05am

Tlaktan - I wish I had as well, now. I’m sure you will get into Georgetown what with all your hard work, and thanks again!

CC Student - Wow! =-O Okay, I’ll take that into consideration. The only problem is that I will have no high school diploma until June 2005. Darn bureaucracy. Can’t wait to start filling out those forms now Grazie for the help!

C_Student · November 29, 2004, 8:53am

Some colleges might still let you apply as a freshman. However, if you accumulated over 60 semester units that have not gone towards your high school graduation, then many schools will require you to apply as a transfer. State schools in particular will require you to apply as a transfer (I am thinking of UC schools). Transfer admission is extremely competitive for elite schools.

par72 · November 30, 2004, 12:32am

Might want to look at Holy Cross-very good classics program.

SabrinaJ · November 30, 2004, 12:43am

Still struggling over majors Thanks for the tip, par72! I’ll be sure to look into it.

One day I’m going to wake up and know what my major is and not change my mind about it Hee, I hope that day comes sooner or later, because I’m losing weight over this silly decision. Doesn’t help that my entire family is populated with chemists, accountants, and engineers and I don’t think I’m a left-brained person at all Worries, worries!

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