<p>So I visited Emerson today with my parents, and I was speechless. It was a real wake up call. Now, even if I do apply, I'll probably get rejected, but I'm doing it anyway because it's my dream college. Can anyone tell me my chances of getting in? </p>
<p>My final grades this year:</p>
<p>TV/Film Production: A-
Creative Writing: B+
US History: B+
English: C+
Geometry: C-
Spanish: C-
Health: C</p>
<p>Overall high school G.P.A.- Weighted: 78
Unweighted: 78.3</p>
<p>SATs- 1620 (Without studying, I plan to take them again)
Critical Reading- 640
Math- 480</p>
<p>Extras:
3 years TV/Film Club
2 years World Traveling Club
2 Years Anime/Comic Book Club
2nd Place - A teen poetry contest at my library
Outstanding Work, Student/Poetry Category (2nd or 3rd Place) - An art festival for a neighboring town
Nominated by a teacher to attend the 2011 Mass. Poetry Festival- Attended
Won 'Superior Achievement in Creative Writing' Award- Student recognition award at my school
Worked at a Summer Camp (Freshman Year)
Took karate lessons (Up to Freshman Year)
Started volunteering at a local animal shelter last month</p>
<p>Also:
Mass. resident
Taking Honors Government next year
Might get an internship at a local newspaper
Being Interviewed to get into a film school for high schoolers
Getting interviewed by my local newspaper for a 'Students in the arts' piece.
Already interviewed by my local newspaper-website for the festival of the arts.
Attended a vocational school my freshman year, so I'll have two separate transcripts (The vocational school had no extracurriculars that interested me)
Hosted a Coffeehouse event to raise money for the world travel club
Trying my hardest (next year) to boost my G.P.A. </p>
<p>Thanks for reading.</p>
<p>Can I also be chanced please? </p>
<p>GPA (unweighted): 3.75
SAT: 2180 (math - 760, writing - 730, CR - 690)
SAT II: literature - 700, french - 690, math 2 - 690
AP Calculus: 5</p>
<p>I was in the theatre club for all four years of highschool
I have been taking singing lessons for 6 years
I had a poem published in my senior year
I won an award for best essay in my sophomore year
I won three awards for best student in each subject in my senior year (for Computer Lab, Ethics and French)
I also have a 2-month work experience and three weeks of community service</p>
<p>please chance me!</p>
<p>colle2012: Ultimately, it depends on what program you’re looking at. I’m guessing film or TV production? Note that these majors, especially film, are highly competitive at Emerson. I’ll be brutally honest; your grades aren’t fantastic, but if, and only if, you have an <em>amazing</em> portfolio and write exceptional essays, you probably have a shot at TV production. The film program, as far as I know, is selective both artistically and academically. You might have a slightly better chance in a less competitive major, but I can’t promise anything. Then again, Emerson admissions are often quite unpredictable…</p>
<p>musicisformelody: Your statistics are definitely above Emerson’s averages. Looking only at your academic profile, you appear to be a very strong candidate. However, it really depends on what you plan on majoring in. Emerson is heavily career-oriented and therefore searches for talent and a decided major right off the bat. I’m assuming that you plan on pursuing some form of performing arts based off of your extracurriculars? Ultimately, I can’t chance you just based off of your statistics (unless you’re going in a non-performance/film major- in that case, you have a really good chance regardless of your ECs and prior experience). A huge part of Emerson’s admissions process is portfolio based; just keep in mind that they can be somewhat unpredictable. For example, my friend from high school was in the top 5% of our class and received a 34 on her ACT, yet she got rejected from Emerson’s musical theatre program because of ‘talent.’ On the other hand, I know a Writing/Literature/Publishing major at Emerson who received a 20 on his ACT…</p>
<p>Best of luck to both of you! Emerson is a fabulous school, as long as you are serious about majoring in a performance or communication field. It’s definitely not for strongly math and science-oriented people, so if that is important to either of you, definitely reconsider idealizing Emerson.</p>