I’m a junior with a 3.0 gpa and 1590 SAT although I’m retaking it at the end of the school year and maybe in the Fall, too. And I’ll be taking the ACT soon, too. I’m interested in the ASU Design School and have been in an art-based program at my high school where I take two periods of digital arts/graphic design a day, for all four years. Have also won some design contests. Hoping that will help make up for my low gpa, which is mostly because of C’s in math. I’m not a math person no matter how much I study. I’m purely visual, hence graphic design. So my question is whether applying EA to ASU would increase my chances? On the website they say if you don’t get in EA, October or November (they have two EA cycles), then you’re chances are lost (unless they happen to defer you to RP but that seems like a gamble, too). Any insight would be most helpful!
@stylebook Are you looking at Arizona State’s website? ASU does not have EA deadlines. Generally, admissions are rolling. There are two referenced dates (these are for this admission cycle, but they were the same last year): https://students.asu.edu/freshman/requirements
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