<p>The colleges I would like to attend:
NYU
Columbia
Sarah Lawrence
Bryn Mawr
University of Tampa</p>
<p>I know my first two schools, are very prestigous schools. I also am aware they are very selective and hard to get into but i know I have always wanted to go to them! </p>
<p>I have a 2.3
I want to double major in music and journalism.</p>
<p>I've been in honors classes and currently am in AP English.
I've been involved in -
Arlington highschool choir
Houston highschool begining womens choir
Houston highschool advanced womens choir
Country side highschool choir: 3
Gulf coast choir: LA PETIT, womens choir
Gulf coast choir: Doce vita, Mixed choir
I've taken/ studied opera @ruth edkard hall
I've taken voice lessons at Germantown performing arts.
I currently take voice lessons with sulfedge studios
I take piano lessons and play piano ever since kindergarden.
I've done volunteer work for Passions in the streets [ helps feed the homeless ]
I've been in thespians club in fresham year
and I've been in drama club my senior year.</p>
<p>The reason why my gpa is so low is because I've never attented the same school for more than 6 months. I've been pulled in and out of schools constantly my entire highschool career, due to my poor health. I was faced with an illness in my freshman year that was critical and almost fatal. I battled this illness till the summer of going into my senior year. I was homebound 50 percent of the time at the very least and other times I was in the intensive care unit, living in the hospital, where we had alot of problems getting the teacher to come and see me. I was wondering do you think its possible that I could get into these schools if I explained my circumstances in a cover letter? I dont want to get in just for a sob story, that's why I dont want to make it my college essay but at the same time I feel like it's nessacary for the colleges to know why my GPA is so low. I was completely self taught and self motivated, since my parents never really cared about my schooling. When I did complete my school work and study I was doing it on intensive pain killers. The theme to my cover letter would be my circumstances and how I overcame them. I just want a chance to show I am fit for the school?</p>
<p>Your thoughts?</p>
<p>Not a single student offered admission to Columbia or NYU last year had a GPA below 2.5, according to the College Board. So even if you were an under-represented minority with two legacy parents willing to donate fat checks to the school, your chances would still be second to none.</p>
<p>I really don’t mean to bring you down; I just think it’s better to have a realistic notion of your chances than to apply with high hopes and have them come crashing down when decision letters are mailed out.</p>
<p>None of the schools you listed accept any students with a GPA below 2.5 (except UTampa, whose student body consists of 1% below that margin). Your best bet at this point is to apply to an in-state college or university that accepts a significant number of people with that kind of GPA, and then transferring to a different college after 1-2 years of solid work at the first college you attend.</p>
<p>Don’t despair; the name of the college you attend does not equal your destiny, no matter what anyone on this site may tell you. Because of your circumstances with your illness, you can certainly give a fair explanation that will get you into a just-fine college. You don’t need to worry. :)</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Each of these colleges will require absolutely rock-solid evidence that you are capable of performing academically at the standard that they expect of their students. The most common measure of academic capability is the HS GPA. Since your GPA is not in the range that these colleges would normally consider to be evidence of an applicant’s ability, you will need to provide alternate evidence. If your academic record is essentially a series of perfect grades alternating with zeros, and the zeros can be accounted for entirely by your health issues, you may have a chance.</p>
<p>Your case is very unusual. You need to make direct contact with each admissions office, and discuss your situation.</p>
<p>Wishing you all the best.</p>
<p>What would be your thoughts on sarah lawrence?
I know their GPA requirement is high as well but I’ve also heard many people tell me that you can write your way into sarah lawrence by giving a great essay.
Do you think it be worth my time to apply there?</p>
<p>Zero chance of admittance to any of the schools on that list. </p>
<p>I strongly suggest that you consider starting out at a community college, Try for more competitive colleges as a transfer student later down the road.</p>
<p>I’m sorry, but there is no way you can get into any of them. Did you take the SATs? Are you a junior? If so, then you can still raise your gpa to a 2.7 if you try. NYU requires a 3.0 gpa. Columbia, well, forget about it. Sarah Lawrence and Bryn Mawr are EXTREMELY competitive. If you increase your GPA as a junior, you will have a very high chance at UTampa. </p>
<p>I have the same GPA as you and a 1610 sat score. I have numerous medical conditions and health problems, but even I am realistic with my college choices. If you need a suggested list of colleges that you might get admitted to(based on some I am applying to):
Pace University
Seton Hall University
Hartwick College
Suffolk University
Lynn University
La Salle University
King’s College</p>
<p>I’m not saying that you shouldn’t try to explain your circumstances to them, but in reality you won’t get into any of these. It’s the GPA and those top colleges won’t think that you can handle their work if you have a 2.3 in high school.</p>
<p>Going to one of your in-state schools and transferring or maybe trying top schools for grad school would be your best bet. Good luck!</p>
<p>hmm I’ll give you a chance at NYU considering the admissions percentage they give, and what it actually is, contrast distinctly. Still not a great chance, but a chance.</p>
<p>I would apply to Sarah Lawrence too btw</p>
<p>sorry about your health issues.</p>
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<p>Well, actually you only overcame them in terms of survival and returning to health. You did not overcome them in the classroom, which is what adcoms mostly concern themselves with.</p>
<p>Best thing for you is to start at Community College, knock out As and Bs, then transfer to a 4 year University.</p>
<p>Your lack of attendance in HS actually means, in a practical way, that you don’t yet have the foundation you need to do well at ANY 4 year University, let alone anything in the top 300 or so. Not your fault, but that’s not the point. I was going to ask you how you did on the SAT or ACT, but actually, it doesn’t make any difference.</p>
<p>Honestly, regardless of what reality may be to some of these people above me may think it is, all people have dreams. You sir, have a dream and it’s disappointing to see that nobody is willing to see the situation you are in. I would highly suggest speaking to program speakers such as HEOP/EOP or whatever other programs you may find that will help you achieve your dreams. Don’t let these fools to lead you to believe there’s no way.
Programs such as those I mentioned for those that are “inadmissible” for regular decision, so I will say strive to show them you are able to accomplish your senior year, speak to program directors, the school themselves, CALL THEM, EMAIL THEM. Try, try, try, try.
You have dreams and I will be disgusted that someone like you who acknowledges good education for what it is worth and not that it is something that defines how smart someone is or that it takes these amount of numbers to get into such universities.
Please do me a favor, and see the true reality, that your dreams are your reality. Don’t ever try to fall back, or let people to make you believe that you can’t make it now, or rather even later.
I do not give sympathy but I am proud of people like you that can admit their own failures and can overcome many of them. A lot of these fools on collegeconfidential do not live lives such as those that are not as privileged as them, privileged in realizing earlier where they want to be life, or that grades are the “soul purpose of life.”
Just keep pushing, and try. Please do not disappoint the world. Look at world leaders, or even people that influence others and see how they overcame their backgrounds and surroundings.
Just Do YOU</p>
<p>While Sarah Lawrence is highly competitive, they also try to push the idea that their students are not numbers. They do not even accept test scores. Apply to SLC, and make sure you have a teacher read over your essays. I also think it’s just silly for people to say you have “no chance.” There are millions of stories of people who we wouldn’t expect to get into a certain college and yet they still do, and still just as many stories of people who have “everything” and don’t get into harder colleges. A girl I know had straight C’s in high school (a lower GPA than you), not many extra curriculars, did her application the night before, and still got into Reed College, a highly competitive school. Another person had above a 2000 on their SAT, a 4.0 GPA, was a national merit scholar, and got waitlisted at Reed. Your college acceptance is not dependent solely on your GPA, and if colleges see something they like about you, they will take that into consideration. Obviously don’t expect to get in, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try either.</p>