I’m a non-traditional GED student and I’d like to apply to LACs and private universities that give strong financial aid.
college GPA: 4.0
EFC: 0, I’m independent but in any event I have one living parent with 3 kids and who lives at the poverty level.
hooks: URM Hispanic female and partially grew up in the third-world, formerly homeless youth, non-trad?
Major: English and philosophy
ECs:
-actually decent in high school, before I dropped out. I had a leadership position (secretary for envronmental initiative) and was super involved (MUN, non-elected minutes-taker for gov). I was also scouted by my creative writing and English teachers who were co-starting a school paper, so I was a “founding-member” by a stretch. still don’t even know whether the club came to fruition. thinking abt hs makes me wistful…
-I entered the workforce at a young age and have held interesting jobs. I’ve also taken some interesting and personal volunteer opportunities. For example, I helped fellow homeless kids pass their GEDs.
-philosophy club and book club at my first community college, some political canvassing, submitted a few articles to a fun peer-blog sponsored by a sociology professor (don’t even remember the URL but it was silly), participated in poetry activities (don’t know if either of the latter is worth mentioning)
-caregiver for terminally ill parent, which significantly shaped my passion for the study of ethics and humanities at-large
essays: I kind of write for a living (do work here and there in-house for a small international business) and could craft something decently compelling. I’ve gotten to travel and write - within very specific parameters - which is,amazing. My writing is likely far-removed from that of a typical applicant due to life experience. Definitely going to run it by professors and ~forum peers~.
-I have never taken a standardized test lol
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