Chance?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Pitzer College
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<p>Chance me, please?</p>

<p>SAT I- CR: 720, W: 650, M: 490 (First take)</p>

<p>-Attended public school for 9th and 10th, private school for 11th and 12th
-My grades have suffered as a result of my struggle with depression but I'm overcoming it.
-Immigrant father, divorced parents, low-income mother</p>

<p>9th:
Honors Ancient History: B+
Honors English 9: B
Spanish 2: A
Algebra 1: A-
Fashion Design: B</p>

<p>10th:
Honors Civics/Honors Modern World History: B+/B
Honors English 10: A-
Honors Geometry: C-
Honors Spanish 3: B
Honors Biology: B+</p>

<p>11th:
Honors English: C+
U.S History: C-
Spanish 2: B
Algebra 2: C-
Theater: A
Concert Choir: A
Chemistry: C</p>

<p>12th: [so far]
Spanish 3: A-
Pre-Calculus: B+
Advanced Theater: A
Art History/International Relations: B+/___
Marine Biology: A-
Nature Writing/Poetry and Playwriting: B/__</p>

<p>Volunteer as an English tutor to mostly Spanish-speaking immigrants (12th)
Co-Leader, Isadora Duncan-style dance group at school (11th, 12th)
Founder of feminist group and zine, blogger for state's legal fund for women (12th)
Singer in two bands (12th)
Lead in numerous school drama productions (11th, 12th)
Won a school-wide Shakespeare monologue contest & competed in regional contest (11th) [will compete again this year]
Honorable mention in a national poetry contest (11th)
Worked with autistic children for one school year (10th)
Unpaid intern, television production company (9th)
Unpaid intern, city's department of waste/recycling (10th)
Founder and President of environmental club (9th)</p>

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<p>Hmm grades are a little rough here and there, but Pitzer is very flexible when it comes to reviewing applications (so I’ve heard). They will definitely take into account that you struggled with your depression and home life, assuming you let them know about all of that.</p>

<p>Your community service and extracurriculars are nice, and you did take rigorous courses throughout high school (lots of honors classes).</p>

<p>As for SAT scores, math is a little shaky but Pitzer doesn’t even require scores from applicants with a GPA of 3.5 or above, or who are in the top 10% of their class, so their emphasis on SAT scores isn’t huge.</p>

<p>Another very important part of your application is your essays. Pitzer definitely values creative, thoughtful essays, so if you wrote great stuff, it’ll definitely be a big advantage. Overall, I’d say Pitzer sounds like a bit of a reach for you, but in the end, they accept all different types of students and I feel like you can never quite know with them!</p>

<p>Good luck, I really do hope you get in. :)</p>