<p>I'm an incoming freshman at regionally well-known state school (West Chester University in Pennsylvania), majoring in Russian Studies. My eventual goal is to become a professional translator, and thus I feel that it would be useful to have a graduate degree pertaining more specifically to that field. I'm sixteen at the moment, and I've worked with my advisor to ensure that I'll be able to graduate from WCU in two years. This means I would be applying to grad school at eighteen–not sure if age has any bearing on acceptance.</p>
<p>Also, I'd taken multiple classes at WCU as a non-degree student prior to enrolling full-time. My unweighted GPA is 3.9 and I expect it to stay that way. So far I've mostly taken classes in subjects that are NOT my strong suit (comp sci and economics mainly).</p>
<p>I am interested in the Russian Translation programs at MIIS or Edinburgh. I'll be able to get fairly strong recommendation letters (I am already friends with the director of the Russian program at WCU). Do I have a shot at grad school? Also, will my attending a relatively unknown university have any effect on admittance? I really hope not.</p>
<p>Translation is something I'm passionate about and (I've been told) I have a talent for it. I've already done some amateur freelancing on websites such as TranslatorsCafe.com so I have a tiny bit of experience (though mostly FR-EN ironically, not RU-EN as might be expected).</p>
<p>Thank you all and I apologise for being so longwinded I'm writing this on my phone and it's hard to see what I've already written.</p>