No offers - what next?

AmberW
Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:54:12 +0000

I’m an international (European) student, and got rejected from every university I applied to. I really don’t know where I went wrong, if I should reapply and how I could improve any possible applications in the future. All help would be immensely appreciated!

My stats: [ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (650 Math, 770 Reading, 760 Writing)
[] SAT II: 800 (Literature), 760 (French)
[] I was one of my school’s top students, but there was no official ranking
[] Extracurriculars: writing (with a few things published nationally), drama (for 8 years), clasically trained singer and pianist (I often perform locally), book club (founder and president)
[] Ran for and was elected Senior Class President
[] Valedictorian
[] Volunteer/Community service: I set up two local charities that gained national attention, volunteered for Oxfam for over 8 years
[] School Type: private religious
[] Income Bracket: very low (I’d need a full ride)
[] First generation to even attend high school, let alone college/university[/ul]

Aside from that, I missed most of my final two years of highschool due to a severe illness. I attended whenever I wasn’t hospitalised and managed to graduate by studying on my own. I’m 22 now, but because of my health I couldn’t apply any earlier.

Would it be of any use to even consider reapplying? And if so, what should I try to work on? I would really appreciate your help/suggestions; to be quite honest, I’m so desperate I’m about to buy help from one of those admissions counsellors…