What are my Chances?

renaissancedad
Thu, 06 Aug 2015 14:09:42 +0000

Introverted is fine. Disliked is different. There are tons of smart, creative, innovative kids who are introverted.

Realistically, applying to colleges is a marketing process, and you need to be prepared to sell yourself. Part of that is making an effort to highlight your own abilities and accomplishments in a way that makes them easily understood by adcoms. Part of that is reaching out to your teachers and GC and making sure they know who you are. You need to make that effort.

There is no “good school for introverted students”. Some of the ultra-competitive schools may be bad places for someone like you. What are your interests? What do you think you might want to do with your life? Do you think you would do better at a small liberal-arts school as opposed to a bigger university? There are some tremendous liberal arts colleges. It sounds like you might do better there than a bigger school where you might get lost. Do you have any geographic preferences or restrictions? In what kinds of environments do you generally do best?