<p>Quit fooling yourself, the Adcoms will see right through your shenanigans and reject you. As far as the General Studies program, regardless of what you read and what people say, you’ll be surprised that REAL prospective students have taken HEAVY, and RIGOROUS course loads in other post-secondary institutions before transferring with 3.9 GPA’s. Sorry, but you do not fit into the mold, better luck next time. </p>
<p>The days of 50% acceptance into General Studies are gone. In fact, it was gone a long time ago. But even then back in those days the candidates were all self-selecting, as in, everyone had 3.8’s and above. Just last year, the acceptance was a whopping 18%. This is primarily due to the economy, and adults are coming back to school, coupled with students, like you, that are attempting to fool the system, but doing a better job of fooling themselves.</p>
<p>I went to an information session and I was surprised to find that half of the prospective students in there were still UNDER 20 years of age. LOL. Ahh geez, I guess they were all ballerinas. OR, they all were reading the same Ivy-Gate article from 5 years ago… kids these days…</p>
<p>The general consensus is that the further away you are from 18 years of age, along with a rigorous academic background, phenomenal EC’s, AND WORK EXPERIENCE, the more likely you are to be a competitive candidate. Which is why the median age is 29. </p>
<p>The younger you are, the more likely your not going to get in, no matter how good the conjured reason may be.</p>