BURNING QUESTION: ASU's Barrett Honors College- Do I even have a chance?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I' m a senior in high school, scheduled to graduate in May of 2010. I was already accepted into ASU (no surprise, as their acceptance rate is 94%,) but am now looking to get into their honors college, Barrett. I'm curious if my stats are laughable, or if I have a slight chance of being accepted. </p>

<p>Here is the run down:</p>

<p>GPA- 3.2 unweighted, 3.3 weighted (fairly low for an honors program, I know)
ACT- 28
SAT- 1870 (Math-570, Verbal- 640, Writing-660)
SAT Composite of Verbal and Math- 1210 </p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
- Three or four each year of high school
- Student government
- Environmental club
- Junior varsity tennis and club tennis
- Youth and government leadership
- Origami club
- Students of all colors
- AND I was captain of the ultimate frisbee team my senior year (hahaha, so cool...)
- I also completed several community service projects each year of high school</p>

<p>Awards:
- We took state championships for jv tennis my freshman year
- I received a letter of commendation from my snooty private school for outstanding history coursework</p>

<p>A.P. Courses:
- Psychology, World History, U.S. History</p>

<p>Honors Courses:
- I went to a private school for my freshman and sophomore year where all classes were considered honors
- My junior year I took Honors English
- My senior year I'm taking Honors Chemistry</p>

<p>Stats from the ASU Barrett Website:
Current Student Enrollment: 3,259
Average SAT/ACT Scores for incoming students in fall 2009: 1308/29
Average unweighted GPA of entering first-year students: 3.84
Percentage of female students/male students: 54/46%
Percentage of in-state/out-of-state students: 73/27%</p>

<p>Also, as a journalism major, does anyone know if I have a greater chance of getting into the school? I ask this because through Barrett and the Cronkite School for Journalism, you can receive your masters and bachelors in four years, a duel degree only offered to journalism majors at ASU.</p>

<p>Realistically, I'm not an outstanding candidate, but I'm not a terrible one either.
So to those of you in the school or who know more about admissions, what are my chances??</p>

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<p>man, first of all, post your chance thread in the chance section. Second of all, no one here is an admission officer and give you an accurate chance. Just see if your SAT score is within range for the school (use collegeboard) and that’s a pretty good indicator.</p>

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<p>You have a chance, but I doubt it’s very high. Your courseload isn’t as rigorous as it could be, and test scores are good but slightly off mark.
I’m sorry to sound critical! I mean, you have a shot, but you might not get in…good luck!</p>

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<p>Sorry guys…I’m new here. Cut me some slack. </p>

<p>Thanks for your response though! I really was just looking for current students at Barrett or in other similar honors colleges to give me their opinions.</p>

<p>The reason I haven’t used collegeboard is because only ASU is listed on there, not the honors college itself. And I know you aren’t admissions officers. I may not have a great GPA but it’s not because I’m unintelligent. </p>

<p>Quite the contrary, I have an I.Q. of 142, but left my prestigious private school to attend public school, because I hated the way that money dictated status there. I have a virulent hatred for those who judge one another based on material wealth, rather than on substance within. Just a side note. = )</p>

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<p>Well, I thought I could give you advice even though I don’t go to Barretts because I too live in AZ and know quite a few people that live there.
yeah, prestigious private schools in AZ are probably very interesting. </p>

<p>Good luck! I really hope it works out =D</p>

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<p>I got in = ) Thanks guys!</p>

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<p>Im a senior this year and is currently in a process of applying for barrett.
i have 3.4 unweighted and 3.9 weighted.
ap human geo -3 ap chem - 3 ap calc bc -5.
Currently taking ap physics, ap gov/econ.</p>

<p>EC: 3 year regional orchestra memeber.
2 year Model UN club member.
Church volunteers such as the orchestra (5yr) and the praise team(1yr)</p>

<p>I want to know if i have a chance to get in. It seems like your educational background and extra curricular are simliar as mine and you got in.</p>