<p>Hello...I am not new to the board but new to posting although this is the 2nd time I posted this because I think I posted it in the wrong place. Sorry to anyone who has to read it twice!!</p>
<p>-about a 4.3 weighted GPA and i think 3.6 unweighted
-48/353
-2 APS this year and most likely AP English again next year, AP Spanish, and AP Calc
-have taken all honors besides 3 electives, gym, and spanish 1 and 2
-Junior at a public school in North Carolina
-1270 for the first time i took the SAT...i'm taking the old one again in January and prob. the new one twice
-no sports
-Key Club historian in 9th Grade
-Spanish Club, weekly kids mentoring program in 10th
-Spanish Honor Society, National Honor Society, kids mentoring program, Spanish Club, Junior Board, and Biology Club this year
-want to be a teacher, maybe a history teacher but that often changes</p>
<p>I'm very interested in Elon but I'm confused about whether I have a chance. Their average SAT is lower than mine but I noticed a deferred Duke applicant who was applying there. Is this school too competitive for me? </p>
<p>I'm also interested in North Carolina Teaching Fellows and I'm not sure if that way above my reach.</p>
<p>In addition to schools in North Carolina i'm interested in schools in NY, MA, CT and really anywhere else in the North. I prefer the North to the South and I want to stay on the East Coast.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>I think you have a good chance with Elon. I was accepted ED with a lot of extracirriculars and a 3.9 gpa, with sats in the 1300's. They really like you to have community service, so you should definitely keep that up. Another good idea is to show them that you're interested in going there, so visiting once or twice and sitting in on some classes is a good idea. I think if you show them you're really passionate about teaching and working with kids you should definitely have a chance at the Teaching Fellows. </p>
<p>As for schools in CT, Trinity and Connecticut College are both really beautiful schools, but also very competitive. A lot of the schools in the Northeast are great but pretty hard to get into. You'll need to get your SAT scores up if you are seriously considering most of them. </p>
<p>Good luck with your college search and if you have any questions about Elon feel free to drop me a line!</p>
<p>Thanks for your help!! I'm sure that my SAT score will definitely be going up because that was my first time and I only studied a little bit. </p>
<p>What made you pick Elon?? I've heard a lot about it being in North Carolina but since you are in Connecticut I'm curious about what made you think of Elon and what attracted you to it.</p>
<p>Also, did you visit Elon? How does it work since my parents would be taking me? Do they stay somewhere while I visit it or do parents normally come with you?</p>
<p>Thanks again!</p>
<p>I decided that I definitely didn't want to go to school in the Northeast, just because I've lived here my whole life and I wanted to be a bit farther from my parents. I looked at five schools down south (William & Mary, U.Va., James Madison, UNC-CH, and Elon), and, until I saw Elon, really thought I wanted to go to W&M. But I loved the strong sense of community at Elon and also that it wasn't as insanely competitive as so many other schools. Everyone I met there was so friendly and the classes I sat in on were interesting and informative. The campus is easy to get around and absolutely beautiful, and I knew that I wouldn't just be another number to them. Also, the location was perfect for me, since it's not in a big city but you can have a car on campus all four years and are close enough to Burlington so that there is still stuff to do off-campus. </p>
<p>I ended up visiting twice, once spring of my junior year and again this fall for the open house (when I also got to stay over with my friend who is a freshman there). My parents and I stayed at a hotel while we were there, but during the actual visit my parents came around with me. The information session is family-friendly and they have lots of information that your parents will probably want to hear. If you decide to sit in on a class, you can either go with your parents or by yourself to get the "real" college experience. When I was there this fall I sat in on two classes while my parents went out to lunch, and everything was just fine.</p>
<p>Hope this helps!</p>
<p>It helps a lot!! Thanks so much again!</p>
<p>someone who I know applied to many top schools (conn. college and other elite schools) and got rejected from all of them except for elon.. now that he's there he loves it and would much rather be there than anywhere else.. I, myself, have heard great things about it as well.</p>
<p>by the way, you'll def. get into elon</p>
<p>thanks for your help! :)</p>
<p>anyone else please?</p>