What is this business??

Dsca3g
Fri, 30 Mar 2007 20:47:34 +0000

I applied to regular decission at howard and hampton last minute because the other schools that I had applied too were not exactly coming back as planned (I think I aimed a little high haha) I ended up being accepted to Howard, Hampton, Texas Tech, Northeastern, and Saint Louis…

I go to a very competitive catholic school and had a 3.2 gpa, 1810/2400 sat, and lots of extracurriculars…

Howard and hampton were basicly supposed to be my backups incase I didnt get any big scholarships from the other schools which i didnt but now I didnt get a scholarship from howard or hampton… hampton’s reasoning was that they mainly only gave money to early action kids because they dont have much to give and funds had all ready been depleted… howard said that I didnt have a high enough gpa to qualify… they said that my gpa was weighted and that my real gpa (to them) was not high enough… they do not give extra consideration to advanced ap classes which ive been in 3 since starting high school, or ap classes, I am in calculus… this comes as a slap in the face because my school encourages us to take ap classes and make the lower grade because you are more challenged that way… and howard is saying basicly that I would have been better off making straight a’s in regular classes?? does anyone have any insight, or a similar situation?

thanks

p.s. im most likely going to howard regaurdless at this point but i just really wanted that scholarship because thats just extra money in my pocket…