<p>to the OP, I have friends who have been rejected by CAL and Stanford, even though they had nearly a 4.0 GPA (~3.96), completed all of their requirements, did little volunteering. It also depends upon major, since my friends and I are all engineering majors. However, seeing to it that you are an Sociology major, I think Berkeley's Letter of Science College will heavily favor the IGETC program which will qualify you for transfer admission. But honestly, you need to be REALISTIC about your chances to UC Berkeley and Stanford, let alone the Ivy League Schools. Ivy Leagues are known to not accepting many transfer students........Stanford accepts only 8% of their 1200 transfer applications, UC Berkeley heavily looks on GPA and if you are an out of state app......your chances would be better at Harvard than Berkeley.</p>
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<p>Brusqueness is not in my character, but this is nonsense; a D in an introductory logic course is not going to get you in a lot of schools, I fear. Even a preponderance of Bs casts doubt on any Ivy-League applicant.</p>
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<p>It does give him an advantage: it places him in a separate pool for consideration; however, given his stats, I strongly doubt he would be competitive in even that pool.
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<p>nspeds is right, Nikki...I am a non-trad (27) with 4.0 and mostly Honors classes who was rejected by Ivies like H&Y and accepted by Cornell... grade wise it is a very very very very looooong shot! </p>
<p>And my great story wellumeyeah - being a Bosnian refugee and war survivor - did not help!</p>
<p>i was merely talking about emory..haha..i never tried to say he/she would get into the ivies..</p>
<p>that I won't be admitted to my top choices because I received a "D" in Logic. I could understand if I was a Philosophy major, it would hurt my chances. However, In my logic class, we only covered 2 chapters out of 15 chapters for the whole semester. I can't see how this would affect my chances for admission. </p>
<p>Also, I've contacted the admissions director at Stanford about this matter. He told me to write a statement explaining why I got a "D" in my class. I didn't drop out of my class sooner because I didn't want another "W" on my record, and the fact that I wanted to maintain my fulltime status. Looking back on it, it was a fatal mistake. </p>
<p>As for my 6 "B's", I can't help but say that grades are very subjective among teachers. That's all I'll say about that. On the other hand, I have 12 "A's" in my other classes. None of my classes were easy. They were all difficult. There is no such thing as "Grade Inflation" at Miami-Dade Community College.</p>
<p>I see that I have to be realistic of my chances of Stanford and Brown. Since I'm a Sociology major, I've researched both of the Universities Sociology Dept. and view their requirement and program options. I liked what both schools have to offer. I also checked out the school's graduation requirements. I like the variety of classes that each school offers. </p>
<p>I like Brown because of the lack of core and distribution requirements, with the exception of the major. This would work in my favor because I could take the classes that interest me, alongside my Sociology major, and not have to worry about taking classes that I don't like. In a nutshell, I could finish Brown in a shorter period of time than I would've been able to elsewhere.</p>
<p>I like Stanford for the same reasons that I like Brown. I've checked out their program requirements as well. Everything about Stanford matched my interest all around. Way too numerous to write about. The location and the intellectual climate appeals to me because I've never been exposed to that type of an environment.</p>
<p>In contrast, I've checked out the schools in my local area: FIU, UM, and UF. As far as the school's Sociology program is concerned, it's limited in it program offerings. It's interdiciplanary programs are often limited to Criminal Justice and Anthopology. Their graduation requirements are restrictive to a certain number of classes that you have to take. That's right. Even classes that I don't like.</p>
<p>I'll be honest: I don't know if I'll get to go to either Stanford or Brown, much less the other schools in question. But I have to at least follow my gut instincts. If I don't get into any of them....I live with that decision.</p>
<p>When I asked about my chances, I didn't expect a rosey response. But that ok. I don't mind because it puts my goals into perspective. Believe me when I say that I wouldn't have applied to these schools if I wasn't realistic about my chances. I've explore my options carefully. But I can't make that decision for myself. </p>
<p>It's up to the admissions officers at the schools I'm applying to decide whether or not I should be granted admission to their schools. Of the 6-8 schools that I'm applying to, if one of those schools accept me, I'll go without question. That's all I'm hoping for.</p>
<p>Once again, thanks for all of your input. I'll look into the other schools you have suggested and decide from there. I never said that I was going to be a top contender for those schools because I'm well aware that 90% for the applicants who are applying have far superior credentials than I do. I know that I'll never be in that league, which is why I'm applying because I want to be a part of that community of highly gifted individuals. I learn faster that way. Hope this provides an insight on my motive of wanting to attend those schools.</p>
<p>I've narrow my schools down to the following in which I'm writing out my admissions essays for each of them.</p>
<p>Stanford
Brown
Yale
University of Michigan
Columbia University: School of General Studies</p>
<p>I have 2 safeties in place just in case I don't get in to any of these schools in the Fall 2006 school year.</p>
<p>As for the 6 "B" I got, the truth is my grade for each class was a "B+", or a percentage grade of 85%-88%. However, Miami-Dade College doesn't have +/- as part of its grading system. Otherwise, my GPA would've been higher. I never got any grade lower than a "B+", aside from the "D" in logic. Just clearing the grade matter up.</p>
<p>As for the gap between the first and second year, I couldn't attend the 2001/2002 school year because I didn't have and money to attend; in part because I lost all of my savings to the stock market crash of 2000-2001. I had as least $17K invested, only to see it decline to less than $600. So I had to rebuild what I had lost. I never wanted to take a break. But this was an extreme exception. Once I saved up $10K, I returned to finish my studies and to transfer.</p>