<p>this may sound like an odd question. Let me explain. :D I write books. I've written 10. Writing is my passion. I created a blog and I have over 1,000 readers who read my novels. I'm working on getting my first novel published. I'm a B student, but I have a lot of drive and passion for writing... Will this help me get into college? </p>
<p>I want to major in creative writing if that helps?
Thank you :D</p>
<p>This could be very helpful…might depend what you write about and obviously the quality of your writing is of greatest importance.</p>
<p>ECs have a high impact at colleges which receive many more applications from academically-qualified aplicants than they have spaces to fill. In those situations, ECs and other achievements can serve as tie-breakers for Admissions Committees. At less selective schools, the ECs may not be considered as much because the differences in academic records among applicants are sufficient for Admissions decision-making.</p>
<p>My niece got into a top 10 LAC with a 3.9 GPA and SAT scores of 1800. Her times weren’t anywhere near the top track stars at big universities, but her potential was good enough to be recruited by small schools. I guess it depends on the school and the extra-curricular and your major, etc. That’s what makes the college process such a lottery today.</p>
<p>Literary agents are taking my novel into consideration. 
I’m worried about not getting into college, preferably UCLA. UCLA is my dream school, but my gpa finishing junior year will be low. (3.1 or 3.2UW) However, I’m not giving up. I’m taking AP classes senior year and I’m going to get great teacher recs and write a killer essay on my novels, and then I’m going to show them passages from my manuscript (the part that editors edited :D) haha so yeah, that’s my situation basically. to be honest with you, i’m freaking out with school/college.</p>
<p>Doubtful that your writing will get you into UCLA. UCLA is very numbers driven. However, the small LACs will take you with a 3.2 GPA with all the things you mention. Why not apply to Kenyon College? It has a terrific reputation in English.</p>
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Never say never, I suppose, but unless your phone number is on Ben Howland’s speed dial the odds are really stacked against you. Right on the UCLA website you can see that for the recent class they admitted about 2% of those with a GPA in that range, and I’d bet almost all of them were recruited athletes. </p>
<p>Which isn’t to say a B average GPA is bad, or that you won’t succeed in college. But schools like UCLA are in huge demand. You’ll probably have more luck if you look for schools that have the flexibility to look at an applicant with focused strengths like you do in writing. I have no doubt that if you continue to work hard to develop your talent you can be a success as a writer.
As you can see if you read thru the UCLA admission site, they do not consider your major when you are applying to the College of Letters & Science.</p>
<p>I like the suggestion of Kenyon!</p>
<p>What are the small LAC schools?</p>