Help Me Out!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a black female senior attending a competitive public high school in Florida. My stats are:</p>

<p>GPA: 3.278UW/3.611W
My class rank is in the top 25%</p>

<p>I did very poor my sophomore year due to anorexia and depression (obviously linked). I don't know how to explain this to my guidance counselor for the student evaluation because wouldn't most colleges consider me to be a liability?</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning: I did horrible. 1550/2400. I'm retaking it and I'm expecting a 1850/2400.</p>

<p>AP Courses That I'll Have By Graduation:
Human Geography, World History, French Language, Comparative Government, Microeconomics (self-study), U.S Government, Psychology, French Literature (self-study) and Macroeconomics.</p>

<p>ECs:
Chorus (since 2003)
Model United Nations (since 2005) - President and co-founder
Business Professionals of America (since 2006)
Politically Active students (since 2006)
Writing currently a 70K word novel that will be soon published in early 2008</p>

<p>I also review books for two large publishing houses (Little, Brown, and Company; Henry Holt and Company) and I'm a staff writer for an online women's magazine which takes up time as well.</p>

<p>200 community service hours</p>

<p>Awards:
Lettered in Chorus
District and Statewide Chorales and Ensembles of Excellents for Chorus
Who's Who </p>

<p>Essays: Was about writing and how it's important to me. All my teachers love it.
Recommendations: Really good as well</p>

<p>I'm going to include my journalism supplements as well because I'm hoping to be a foreign correspondent.</p>

<p>My college choices are:
American University
Sarah Lawrence College
Sweet Briar College
Agnes Scott College
Skidmore College</p>

<p>As you can see, I like small liberal art schools, especially women's college. Give me suggestions.</p>

<p>I'm planning to major in International Relations with a minor in Creative Writing. I'd love to go to Georgetown, Bryn Mawr, or George Washington but I'm obviously hopeless with those schools.</p>

<p>I need your help!</p>

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<p>come on...</p>

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<p>I agree with a yes from Agnes Scott. Don't know about the others though.</p>

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<p>I agree with a yes from Agnes Scott. Don't know about the others though.</p>

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<p>i'd say skidmore is a reach</p>

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<p>Any other comments or suggestions? My guidance counselor is like freaked out that I'm picking colleges she's never heard of and she's no help.</p>

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<p>dude... come on.</p>

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<p>i know i'm always bumping it but how do i explain the situation about my sophomore year? that brought my gpa down amazingly... :(</p>

<p>btw, i have a 4.0UW, 4.3W so far this year</p>

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<p>write it in an essay. and make it good.. there will be plenty saying the same thing...</p>

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<p>Try Simmons College in Boston....Boston is an amazing town to go to school in and Simmons is a really decent school.</p>

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<p>With your writing accomplishments, as a URM you may well get into many good schools. I would add Smith and Wellesley as a reach.l</p>

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<p>Suze...without that higher SAT score, I really think she'd have no shot at those.</p>