kind of a desperate situation

entomom
Sat, 10 Apr 2010 22:23:12 +0000

Yes, CC is pretty heavily weighted towards the highly selective schools, but don’t worry, we try to address all needs concerning college issues.

Your college grades could be a problem because I’m assuming you won’t be finished with second semester when admissions decisions are made, correct? If so, my advice would be to send a mid-term report to the schools you’re applying to even if they don’t require them. That will at least give them an indication that you are improving your grades. Also, is there a reason for your low grades first semester, illness, working too many hours to earn money for school, etc.? If you might want to indicate that subtly to the schools so that they understand why you have that dip in an otherwise strong academic record.

Best of luck!