<p>My first semester grades are going to be really high compared to 9-11 grades. So I hope that looks good as an upward trend.</p>
<p>Also what is this school known for? Does it have a good political science program?</p>
<p>New York resident, Hispanic male , single mother that only makes 20k a year for 3 children.(hopefully almost full ride)</p>
<p>Rank: Top 20% for sure. But they will do the actual ranks this week.</p>
<p>GPA- 3.3 (UW) I don't know weighted yet but my school going to calculate that this week. I'm thinking it should go up .2-.5 points due to alot of honors/AP classes I've taken. </p>
<p>SAT - Got a 1450 the first time but I took the SAT again OCt. 4 where I know I got 200+ point higher. so projecting 1650+ because I studied for this one and didn't for the first one and when I took the test it felt easier.</p>
<p>SAT2- Taking Spanish and US History in November 1. Both are my forte.
Not sure if SAT2 are required. I'm taking them for another school.</p>
<p>EC-
Volunteered at Gurwin Nursing Home - 11th
Select Orchestra - Viola - 9-12
NYSSMA - 9-11th grade
Sales Associate at Staples - worked 40 hours in Summer and working 20 hours during school.
Tutor - 9-11</p>
<p>The Good News:
Presuming that your SAT turns out as planned, you should be in good shape for admittance.</p>
<p>The Bad News:
As an out-of-state student, you are still eligible for some scholarships, but I wouldn't expect anywhere near to a "full ride" unless by that you mean including loans--which will probably be quite large. Also, IU-B is not cheap for out-of-state students, since tuition last year was about $24,000 per year, plus you will have to pay about $5,600 for a dorm room and another $2,600 or so for meals and travel. Your mom should qualify for some minor federal tax relief, however, based upon certain deductible tuition tax costs/credits (about a $4,000 deduction).</p>
<p>As far as Political Science at the school, I think it's a pretty well-respected major at IU-B, but since my son is not in the program, I'm not an expert on it.</p>
<p>You might also be interested to know that they offer a Political Science/Economics major and a Political Science/Philosophy major at the school in addition to the regular Political Science major. They also offer an interdepartmental Leadership, Ethics and Social Action major through the Political Science department, and offer a Pre-law school career path as well.</p>
<p>Good luck to you.</p>
<p>P.S. SAT IIs are not required for admittance to Indiana University at Bloomington.</p>
<p>SAT IIs are not required, but they're recommended :)
if you have good scores in SAT IIs, send them! because they might help you with scholarships (i asked the admission officers)</p>
<p>**Those stats aren't going to get you anywhere NEAR a full ride.
Perhaps a political science one (since that's not a huge focus
at this university) but nothing near what you're expecting.
Plus, that SAT is borderline acceptance, let alone scholarship
territory.</p>
<p>Check the scholarship forum here; they have lots of good
independent ones you can apply for.</p>
<p>As far as the upward trend thing? Overrated, especially if your
classes are a joke.</p>
<p>Good news though, ECs don't play a factor into admissions at
IU, which is good considering yours aren't amazing.</p>
<p>Sorry to be a bummer, well...actually I'm not sorry. Take that
cocky arse attitude with the 3.3GPA and 1400 SAT with the
"full ride" scholarship mentality and take it to UIUP. I hate it
when people think this university is a joke.</p>
<p>Partly agreed. It will be impossible to get full-ride scholarships with your stat.
However, good news, is that you will get good amount of financial aid.
but since you are OOS, you won't get near full-ride anyways.
I'd look for colleges at NY. Political science in IU is not that popular anyways.</p>
<p>RadronOMEGA:
Lol, I don't expect to get a full ride cause of my academics. I am not that ignorant. I said it after my financial situation for a reason. I was hoping for a full-ride because of my financial situation not my academics(financial aid), hence me not saying it after posting my academics.
Thank you for judging me on a sentence you read wrong. =]
BTW I don't think this school is a joke. That's why I made a chance thread to see if I actually had a shot to get in. I didn't think a 3.3 gpa is an automatic full-ride</p>
<p>Thank you everyone else for telling me their political science is not popular in IU. Very helpful.</p>
<p>you'll see that the social sciences (which includes Political Science), is the fourth most popular major at the university, right after Business, Education, and Communications & Journalism.</p>
<p>About 6.7 percent of IU-B students get an undergraduate major in one of the social sciences.</p>
<p>Umm political science is in the College of Arts and Sciences, so that would be a "liberal arts degree". And you're forgetting the music school somewhere in there too, unless we're only talking about what majors are popular, since they choose you - you don't get to choose them.</p>
<p>If you look at the link I posted, you'll see that social sciences is broken out separately from liberal arts majors--as are too the category of "visual and performing arts", which I presume includes music--and which is listed as the fifth most popular set of majors.</p>