what are my chances

KansasGirl
Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:26:58 +0000

Study for the SAT, get a private tutor if you can. If not, purchase a study guide and take practice tests. Study and take the ACT. Some find one test easier than the other. You have a great resume - you just need to get your test scores up. If your ACT is better - and you can find a conversion chart on line (there is a link somewhere on this site) just send the ACT score, or vice versa.

YOu can google “common data set” and the school’s name - and take a look at the test scores that are needed to gain admission. Wash U for example is very high. Stanford is also high. Of course if the median 50% is between 2000 and 2400 that means 25% of the students admitted are less than that. This data will give you a good idea if you are overshooting or not.

If you are interested in Journalism you should consider adding University of Missouri, Syracuse, Northwestern. I believe Wichita State has a terrific program in Kansas - you would probably qualify for aid, merit, etc. KU and KSU also have very good programs. There are lots of schools with very strong journalism programs that aren’t the very top tier of schools and your test score would have a better chance at some of those schools.

Just make sure you have a nice mix of reach, match and safeties and you should be fine.