Hello,
I’m a rising college sophomore attending a community college in the DMV area. I’ve been doing quite a bit of research on the transfer process to the SHA program, and I was hoping someone here, with more experience, could chance me. I’m looking to transfer either during the Spring or Fall, with the Spring being my up-most priority (Several reasons).
Here are my stats so far:
Personal:
Non-traditional, Hispanic, 23 years old.
High School:
Graduated 2010
3.0 GPA
*I was previously an illegal immigrant, discouraging me from putting my best foot forward in High School. I coasted through all of it and didn’t take it nearly as seriously as I should’ve.
Community College:
33 credits
3.92 GPA
*Through overcoming plenty of obstacles (which make a pretty decent compelling story), I managed to become a legal resident and began school last fall.
EC’s:
School-related
Treasurer of 2-year honor society, 3x scholarship recipient, Presidential Scholar.
Work-related
Current - Strategy and Operations for a software company (1.5 years). Member of multiple volunteering groups, 42 hrs this year so far.
Former - Opened 2 restaurants as a head-training server. Worked under the 3rd highest grossing, and busiest, independent restaurant (at the time) in DC, for a year, as a Senior Night-Time Server (which was one of the most difficult things I’ve done).
That’s basically it. I took the SAT back in High School and managed a poor score (1700s), and I won’t be able to receive my new SAT scores until after the Spring transfer deadline, which worry me. (Although I did read that SHA doesn’t force you to submit an SAT/ACT score.)
What do you think? Do I have a fair shot?
