Chance for next year

Colleges and Universities A-Z Bryn Mawr College
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<p>I have a complicated situation, and I hope the admissions officers will understand this. I have been living through child abuse for a decade, having a fatally ill father, and a mother suffering from a mental illness who has been through a pyschiatric ward twice, and maybe going on her third, plus having restrictions on the amount of time given for school work on the computer, so there have been many limitations for me throughout my life. I also want to stress in my essay that in my father’s family, there have only been four college graduates in the entire family ever, including 3rd cousins ect, therefore going to college and becomming a college graduate is a very important thing for me. As these are very difficult circumstances to have to have put up with throughout my life, I hope that Bryn Mawr will understand this. </p>

<p>Below are my stats:</p>

<p>Gender: F</p>

<p>State: MA</p>

<p>Ethnicity: African American</p>

<p>GPA (unweighted)-3.4</p>

<p>GPA (Weighted)- 4.17</p>

<p>SAT: Reading, 800
Math: 760
Writing: 800</p>

<p>Extra Curricular Activites: </p>

<p>9th, 10th, 11th, (and 12th for next year) member and violinst of the school orchestra
Copy editor of the school newspaper 10th grade
President and creator of my of high school STAND chapter (Students Taking Action Now: Darfur) 11th grade, and will continue till I graduate
Member of Tri-M Music Honor society- 11th grade, (and continue next year)</p>

<p>Interests in Volunteering: </p>

<p>One of the things that I am most passionate about is increasing the literacy rate for lower-income children across the nation. I am really passionate about volunteering, and am considering entering the Ameri-corps after college graduation for a year. I had tried to volunteer at non-profit organizations that were geared towards my interest in education and literacy, especially catering towards helping lower-income children in inner-cities. It is important for me to help these children, especially since I have a parent that grew up in a very low-income inner-city Boston neighborhood, and came out of the Boston public school system. I also still have family that live in poorer areas in inner-city boston, so it is close to my heart to help many of these disadvantaged children throughout the country.</p>

<p>Volunteer Work: (450 hours and counting)</p>

<p>Registration Coordinator for First Book, a non-profit organization based in D.C, which helps distribute free or reduced-priced books to lower income children across the nation. As a registration coordinator I had reached out to many different Title 1 schools, and after school programs that serve over 80% of low income children. To date, I have helped over 25 schools and after school programs including Washington D.C, New York City, and around the inner-city Boston area in Massachusetts, recieve free or reduced priced books. </p>

<p>Volunteer at an elementary school after-school program in my hometown, (11th grade and continue on in 12th grade)</p>

<p>Volunteer for Student Solutions, a non-profit organization based in North Carolina, which helps increase the literacy rate in children across America by providing literary and eduacational resources to schools in need. As a volunteer, I helped create databases of schools across the country that Student Solutions would reach out to to provide educational resources and materials to.</p>

<p>Volunteer for Nanubai, a non-profit organization based in India, which helps keep women and children in schools and India, and also helps increase the literacy rate among them. </p>

<p>Awards/Achievements:</p>

<p>Winner of First Book Registration Coordinator Challange</p>

<p>Presidents Volunteer Service Award- Gold</p>

<p>Congressional Award- Bronze Certificate</p>

<p>Congressional Award- Silver Certificate</p>

<p>Congressional Award- Gold Certificate </p>

<p>*The only problem is that I go to a really competitve high school where most people do well,( I have a class of about 360) I’m probably not going to be in the top ten percent of my class, bt maybe the top quarter, I’m not sure yet. Do you think I still might have a chance? </p>

<p>*I am also about to start my own non-profit organization called “Change for Changing Lives” that helps benefit low-income children in inner city schools and will raise money to help provide educational resources.</p>

<p>*Does it also help that my school is not diverse at all, and I’m one of the only African Americans at my school? Do colleges pay attention to that?</p>

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<p>For everything you have been through, I think that it is amazing that you were able to participate so many extra-curricular activities. Your SATs are flawless. I also went through unfortunate circumstances during my high school career, which heavily impacted my academic performance. I got into Bryn Mawr. I think writing a letter explaining your circumstances will really help. You show true dedication and I think that will be more important than class rank.</p>

<p>I wish you all the best.</p>

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<p>I think you have an excellent chance to get in wherever you apply! Kudos on all your achievement.</p>

<p>However, looking at your previous posts, as much as you “really want to attend” the dozens of top tier schools on your list, you can ultimately only choose one. I suggest you visit schools if possible, and really refine your criteria. The only common denominator among all your schools is their prestige; they all have SUCH different character. As a junior, you should start looking deeper into the essence of each school–beyond the initial tabloid “wow!”.</p>

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<p>I hope you guys realize that this is a made-up chances thread. One person went on practically every college’s forum on college confidential and posted this exact message. Its completely fake and the person just wants to see how many people will take him seriously.</p>

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<p>Number one, I am not a “him”, and number two, this is NOT a made of chances thread. I have posted (copied and pasted) into other threads, however, I am just looking for feedback for these schools.</p>

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<p>Please consider applying for the QuestBridge College Match program. You sound like a very strong applicant and your problems with your family are a good hook for one of the essays. While Bryn Mawr is not one of QB’s partner schools, there are many other great schools that are with the QB organization. You can find out more information at the thread on this website and at questbridge.org.</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>