<p>If I’m hearing you correctly, you want to apply to a college with more serious academics and don’t want to attend UMASS Dartmouth. Harvard Extension is a good choice academically, but obviously not socially. I’m not sure why you are working on top of taking 4 classes, that must be very hard, and you need to do very well in your classes.</p>
<p>If I understand you correctly, you missed out signing up for E-25 Expository Writing, so the earliest you could be admitted to a degree program is the end of the summer. E-15 still has 4 openings if you didn’t already pass the writing placement test, and you’d better sign of for one of those slots now and plan on taking E-20 over the summer so that you could be admitted to a degree program at Harvard Extension. After you sign up, you can take the placement test and switch out. This is your fall back scenario if all else fails.</p>
<p>In the meantime, you are looking for other candidate colleges to apply as a freshman and deadlines are approaching. I’m also guessing that since you’re from Weston, MA that you do have resources, are not “cut off” from your parents, and that cost and financial aid is not a factor.</p>
<p>If I’m correct about the finances, then the private liberal arts colleges are most likely to accept you because a) you’re paying, and b) your SAT’s are outstanding and it raises their averages. </p>
<p>A couple of suggestions (data from <a href=“http://www.collegeboard.com):%5B/url%5D”>www.collegeboard.com):</a>
Hampshire College (17% had GPA’s between 2.5-2.99, SAT 1150-1360) seems perfect for you. It’s reputed to be very intellectual.</p>
<p>Another thing you could do is subscribe to USNews World Report just to get rankings ($15). Then go down the list of liberal arts colleges (I’m assuming that’s what you want based on what you’re currently taking) and check each one out on collegeboard until you find some with a non-trivial number of students with a GPA of 2.5-2.99. </p>
<p>University of the South (15% 2.5-2.99, SAT 1130-1320)
Skidmore (21% 2.5-2.99, SAT 1160-1350)
Wheaton (Norton, MA) (14% 2.5-2.99, SAT 1180-1350)
St. Lawrence (10% 2.5-2.99 SAT 1100-1280)
Drew U (13% 2.5-2.99, SAT 1060-1280)
Hobart and Smith (26% 2.5-2.99, SAT 1090-1280)
Earlham (11% 2.5-2.99, SAT 1100-1350)
Beloit (10% 2.5-2.99, SAT 1160-1380)
College of Wooster (11% 2.5-2.99, SAT 1100-1320)</p>
<p>There may be more, but you get the idea</p>
<p>Just to compare to what you’ve applied to
UMASS Dartmouth (35% 2.5-2.99, SAT 970-1140)
UMASS Amherst (7% 2.5-2.99, SAT 1040-1260)
Emerson College (4% 2.5-2.99, SAT 1130-1310)</p>
<p>Good luck and hurry!</p>