<p>D is a senior enrolled in an agricultural magnet high school program in Connecticut. The agricultural magnet program is fully integrated with the regular academic curriculum within the high school, so D has been able to take a traditional honors/AP college prep sequence while also studying veterinary science for the past four years. The magnet program also requires that she log at least 200 hours of animal related work experience each year (she presently works for a vet). The magnet program is supposedly one of the best of its kind in the country, has won numerous awards for the quality of its instruction, and was recently featured on a PBS special about agricultural education. D's eventual goal is vet school and Cornell CALS would be a great start. There is, however, NO grade inflation in D's magnet school program. Her cumulative unweighted GPA (this is what appears on her transcript) through the end of her junior year is 2.92. Her gpa is weighted for the purposes of determining class rank. Her class rank is currently top quarter (23rd percentile, to be exact) which does appear on her transcript, but her weighted gpa does not. Her ACT composite is 31 (98th percentile). ECs: vice president of the school's FFA chapter (300+ kids), winner of several regional, state and national FFA competitions, 4-H, formed her own company to start a horse training and equestrian lessons business, church/community involvement, equestrian sports (competitive riding/showing, polo, rodeo), 1st chair oboe player in school band, Tri-M music honorary society. She has also been taking college classes at U-Conn since her sophomore year and should graduate from high school with about 42 semester hours of college credit, including AP. Does she have a reasonable shot at getting into CALS or is she wasting her time? I understand that CALS places heavy weight on the compatability of the applicant for the major selected. D is thinking about majoring in animal science.</p>
<p>^ bump ^ Any opinions? Thanks.</p>