<p>Timserramist, I’ve read your story on another thread and I greatly admire what you want to do. Stick with it, don’t let any naysayer or pessimist dissuade you from your goal. My son is admitted this year as a spring admit. He figured he had no chance of getting in although it was his number one choice. On the other hand, at several schools where he applied he thought he was a definite shoo-in, but he was waitlisted. Go figure. He had good grades but not 4.9’s or 8.7’s or 2400’s, but he wrote great essays. Your story is very compelling and who really knows exactly what the admissions people are looking for. It’s an individual decision. I like to think of it in a paraphrase of JFK – Ask not what the college can offer you, but what you can offer the college.</p>