<p>I am really really interested in the unique Great Books program at St. John's, but I am worried that my less than stellar math and science performance will hurt my chances. I only got a 520 on my SAT math (got a 740 in the Writing and 710 in Reading Comp, though). In science, I got a B in biology in 10th grade, didn't take any science last year, and now I'm taking Chemistry and Physics at a community college this year. It's not that I don't enjoy math and science, I find them fascinating and I really want to learn them through the Great Books. I think that working through the original problems will help me understand them so much better, and probably enjoy them a lot more, too. I have just had a hard time with them due to some poor curriculum choices on my part. I am retaking the SATs and hope to get my math score up to atleast 560, hopefully higher. I have a unique educational background and educational philosophy (homeschooling myself) and have already been studying the great books, which I think will really give me an edge in getting in, but will these poor grades hurt my chances?</p>
<p>St. John's doesn't even require you to send in standardized test scores. From what I understand, the essay (which is pretty much ALL of the application) is far more important than your scores and even classes. If you express a great interest in the school and the program, you will probably get in. The acceptance rate is somewhere around 80%, since it is so self-selecting. If you truly want to be there above anywhere else, you don't need to worry.</p>
<p>Yeah if you want to go, you're in. You obviously have strength in the Humanities which is what they look at.</p>
<p>Thanks! I definitely do want to go there. What a relief to find a college that I feel pretty much certain I'll get into! I will have to send in the SAT cuz I won't have a high school diploma, but hopefully since they de-emphasize it, it will be okay.</p>