<p>So I guess this is the transfer thread...I'm kind of afraid to ask but here it goes. I'm majoring in international business btw. </p>
<p>I'm currently attending community college in suburban Chicago. My the end of this semester (after which I will send out my application) I'll have 31 credits completed. By the end of this whole year, I'll have 46 or 47. Technically, I graduated in the class of 2008, but since I graduated early, I took classes in both the spring and summer semester. Right now I have a 4.0 GPA (out of 4.0) and can definitly keep that up until the end of the semester. I also am on school news paper, tutor English, am part of a business club, and am planning on doing a business internship in Ghana, Africa this coming summer. I'm retaking the ACT's in october and, since I take practice tests like day and night, am pretty confident that I can break a 30. I'm also sure I can get excellent teacher recommendations, though I'm not sure they're needed for transfers.
The problem is, my HS GPA is only around a 3.0 because of extenuating circumstances it would take too long to explain here. But anyways, I was out on a medical leave which caused my GPA to go way down both junoir and senoir year (I was out on medical leaves twice). I'm definitely planning on submitting a letter explaining this when I apply and possibly using that as part of my essay (one essay option this year is something like write about something difficult you've overcome). Anyways, but throughout HS I traveled around the world with people to people student ambassadors (to australia, south america, and europe), was a junoir leader with that organization, am a member of the national society of HS scholars, was editior of my school news paper, a school student ambassador, and part of latin club.
If I break a 30 on the ACT and keep my GPA at a 4.0 do I have any chance of getting in??? What other ECs are good to get involved in??? When explaining my medical leaves should I get proof from the hospital, etc??</p>