Where should I set my limits to?

AUmar
Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:54:05 +0000

I’m a community college student and I’m looking for prospective colleges to transfer to. I’m a little unsure of the credentials schools are looking for because estimate GPA/SAT is for high school graduates. I did horrible in high school, but I picked up the slack in college and tried my best. I’m looking for a liberal arts school with a good science program because I intend on majoring in biochemistry. Here are my stats:

High school
GPA: 2.5
SAT: 1040

Community College
GPA: 3.9
Credits: 30
Degree: Biological Sciences
Significant Courses: Honors ENG 2, Honors Cultural Geography, Honors Western Civ, Colloquium, Biology I & 2, Chemistry 1 & 2, CALC 1

Extra Curricular & Awards
Deans List: Summer '07, Fall '08
Honors Program Scholarship - Full tuition to attend community College
Honors Club - Elected President of ~72 members. In the club we raise money for organizations in the area and create a community-driven environment where accelerated students can work together.
National Honors Society ( Phi Theta Kappa ) - Elected Vice President of Fellowship. Involved in community service.
Student Government Association - Elected Senator
Volunteering - Various volunteering/community service efforts for local organizations.

Jobs
Peer Mentoring - A job at school where I conduct workshops and teach orientation classes. It is directed towards students who come to the community college environment and need a little extra help to get to college level courses.

Recommendations
I’ve looked at a recommendation that my Biology teacher wrote for a scholarship program, and it was excellent. In it, he stated my leadership qualities and my rank: #3 out of 50 in 2 of his classes. I came out with a 94% average when the average class mean was 64%.
My English teacher wrote a similar recommendation stating I had exemplary leadership qualities and was very goal oriented and determined to do well at everything I pursued.