I am applying to Brown, Yale, Pomona, swarthmore and williams and I want to double major in music (oboe or double bass: play both pretty well) and classics (Greek and Latin languages)
Does anybody know what my chances are if I have a 1250 (I know pretty bad) and 3.7 GPA
3 excellent and different recs
over 100 hours of C.S. as volunteer tutor for disadvantaged children
<p>did you win any national latin exam awards?</p>
<p>this is an interesting thread and i'll be interested to see if it garners a response.</p>
<p>no, I have thought about taking the AP Latin exam or the Amherst College Greek exam but I think it is too late for it to have any sort of impact on my apps!</p>
<p>Recruit? No, but do you have demonstrated skills in these areas that would be a hook? Are your essays stellar? What is the weighted GPA and how many AP's? What school is it from, competitive or not? Do you have good-to-great recs? My dd is 1470 and 3.75/4.0 from very tough grading HS and has an excellent hook plus leadership, 2 sport varsity, but these schools are considered long shot for her. She is applying to two as backup to a great EA.</p>
<p>Of course nobody knows your chances. You can figure for yourself where your GPA and SAT sits within the middle of the accepted class. SAT clearly on the lower side of accepted students, but then there will be some accepted at that score and lower. Then you decide to go for it or not, realizing that these are super reach schools for everyone. By applying, I'm guessing you feel intellectually and academically prepared for these schools, so do a great essay that shows them you know you'll succeed.</p>
<p>And of course you are applying to match and safety schools?</p>
<p>holycross in massachusetts will pay your full tuition if you major in classics, that's what my latin teacher did, and he loved it.</p>
<p>i don't think you'll find those schools competing for classics scholars but there are others. The question is whether you'd be willing to attend. I think the U of Tenn is one alternative.</p>
<p>I am guessing you are male, but if female, Bryn Mawr favors classics and allows some cross registration at Swarthmore.</p>
<p>You probably won't get recruited exactly but there are probably scholarships meant to entice classics scholars. I know Amherst has one.</p>
<p>Thebeers: Are you serious about Holy Cross giving full scholarships to anyone majoring in Classics?? Do you know how one would go about getting one of these scholarships?</p>
<p>It takes applying, but I'm sure if you are motivated and enthusiastic about wanting to major in the classics holycross will give you the money you need.</p>
<p>check it out</p>
<p>any other schools you know about beer?</p>
<p>Wow thanks a plenty man</p>