Hello! I am currently enrolled at community college and am close to finishing my associate’s degree. I previously spent a year at a university. I’ve been applying for Fall 2020 transfer, but I haven’t had much luck with admissions or financial aid so I’ll probably be attending my local state school. However, I’m considering deferring my enrollment for a semester or a year due to the coronavirus. I am also considering reapplying to a few schools that I was rejected from (Wellesley, Scripps, a couple of other very selective liberal arts schools).
I currently have a 3.73 program GPA (3.51 overall - I was enrolled in a trade program for a semester), work part-time, and have a week of volunteering from last Fall. I don’t have my semester grades yet but I should finish with a 4.0 for the semester, and I’m expecting the same for the summer. I want to major in History and Film Studies, either as a double-major or minor. If I take a gap year and plan to reapply, what can I do to strengthen my application and stand out from other transfer applicants?
I’m considering the gap year because I don’t want to take online classes if that’s what we end up doing to handle the coronavirus in the Fall. I assume there won’t be much that I can or would be willing to do outside of the home if school was moved online due to the virus.