Chance a Rising Senior

Colleges and Universities A-Z Stonehill College
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<p>Hello, I was wondering if someone could chance me. </p>

<p>Chinese-American
Female
Massachusetts
First Generation</p>

<p>GPA: End of junior year (2.4 UW) / Expected end of mid-senior year (2.6/2.7 W)
SAT: 1500 / Hoping to retake for 1800
Courseload: First time taking APs or honors in senior year, Took Biology twice</p>

<p>Extra-curriculars:
2 to be 3 Years Varsity Softball Team
2 to be 3 Years Elementary School Tutor
3 Years of Asian Club
3 Years of Key Club</p>

<p>Jobs:
1 Year Ice Cream Store
1 Summer Selective Hospital Medical Program for High School Students
1 Summer Hospital Volunteer</p>

<p>Essay: On being a very outspoken person, how this is the opposite of what a traditional Chinese family expects of their daughter, and how it has shaped who I am now.</p>

<p>Recommendations: From two teachers at school, and perhaps a very close supervisor at my hospital medical program.</p>

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I know it will probably be hard to gain admission seeing how only a few (8%) of attending students have a GPA below 3.0. But will my being Asian help me out somewhat in admission?</p>

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<p>Stonehill looks very heavily at GPA and rank.</p>

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<p>Not certain if there is a norm, but my son was accepted and given what I consider to be generous merit aid, and his GPA and class rank were the most negative aspects of his application. He is now a freshman at Stonehill.</p>

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<p>For the benefit of the OP, here is some more context to my comment regarding my son’s acceptance – he had good ACT/SAT scores (32/1300-1990, and his essay was about an incident that I think would have resonated with the admissions folks, given the stated charter of the school. He is also 25% Asian, and indicated as such in his app. He then received invites from the school to diversity day.</p>

<p>In short, I think that Stonehill is interested in diversifying its student body, and your Asian heritage will certainly benefit you. Even thought they are test optional, strong test scores would give them a reason to discount the GPA and rely upon the test scores.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>