<p>(Sorry for the repost, couldn't figure out how to edit my last one :/)</p>
<p>Hey - </p>
<p>I'm trying to decide on a school that will gve me a good amount of academic freedom. Do I have any chance at any of these? Are there any other colleges with close to open curriculums I should consider? </p>
<p>Also, I intend to go for an interview all of these places, if that helps at all. </p>
<p>88 average, 28 ACT.. fairly dismal grades freshman/sophomore year, huuuge upward spike junior year.</p>
<p>Founder/editor of school newspaper, senior year
Academic Challenge (Basically a Quiz Bowl) team member, freshman/sophomore year, captain, junior/senior year
Volunteer for U.S. Congressional candidate, September-November 2004, 2 hrs/week
Volunteer for local mayoral candidate, July-September 2005, 3 hours/week
Volunteer for local City Council candidate, July-November 2005, 5 hours/week
Volunteer at food bank, 8 hours/week for one year (including present)</p>
<p>Work experience: Worked at local grocery store for a year.</p>
<p>I'm a senior right now thinking of taking a year off to apply to these schools - so, I'll have a year of basically perfect grades in multiple AP courses, but I'm looking for stuff to do during my gap year to make my application more attractive.</p>
<p>BTW, I have a few AP grades... </p>
<p>AP US History - 5
AP US Gov & Politics - 5
AP European History - 4
AP English Language -4
AP English Literature - 5 </p>
<p>Now, for the schools!</p>
<p>Colorado College </p>
<p>Lewis & Clark College (not quite open curriculum, but it's a very small core) </p>
<p>New College of Florida </p>
<p>New York University (Gallatin school... probably no chance) </p>
<p>Pitzer College (again, there's a distribution requirement, but it's small) </p>
<p>University of California-Santa Cruz (I don't think I even qualify for the UC system, do I? :P) </p>
<p>University of Rochester (HAHA, yeah right...) </p>
<p>Whitman College (I'm hoping that being from the East Coast will help me a bit here... that and the ineterview..) </p>
<p>Should I just go somewhere else and try to transfer? Or do any of you think I'd havea chance any of these places? I'm a senior planning on taking a gap year, although I realize that could hurt my chances. Still, I DO have some really good senior year grades in a couple AP courses....</p>