<p>I'm an international student and so far i've been accepted into Carnegie, Emory and Rochester, waitlisted at WAshu and rejected from Oberlin.
I have decently competitve stats (2170, 3.9 GPA, leadership, awards, recs, etc.) but I need a ton of financial aid and the only remaining colleges are pomona, stanford and macalester. </p>
<p>I'm being realistic here.. I don't think i'm gonna be able to get into Stanford or pomona and macalester is kind of 50/50</p>
<p>I applied to New College (living in GA) mainly because of the low tuition and scholarship guarantee that would make it possible for me to attend if I were to be accepted. I was also interested in its cirriculum (no GPA, independent study).</p>
<p>However, its the only college on my list that I have no idea about, and it's making me nervous because it may be the only college that I can afford.</p>
<p>can anybody comment on:</p>
<p>the extremely skewed male/female ratio? why so many girls and what is that like?</p>
<p>the city and weather (hurricanes....)?</p>
<p>the lack of diversity? (im asian btw)</p>
<p>how the whole "contract" and lack of GPA thing affects admission to med schools?</p>
<p>availability or resources? (there are virtually no organizations and obviously no graduate school close by)</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>It's not very big and they're arent that MANY people who go there.</p>
<p>My D was accepted and is strongly leaning toward attending (still not 100% sure, but getting there). Even though the school isn't originally what she thought she wanted (urban), the more she thinks about it, the more she feels it's the best place for her. It boils down to that it is academically challenging and the majority of graduates go on to very excellent graduate programs. Although she got scholarships from several other schools, she will graduate from NCF with zero debt which will make grad school loans easier to handle.</p>
<p>She really liked the kids and the vibe of the school when we visited...just not Sarasota. The upside is, she'll have the $ for travel when school's not in session. While I don't see any evidence that the "no grade" policy has any affect on post graduate acceptances, I am concerned it may be hard to transfer to another school as an undergraduate. If she decides to go there, I am advising her to plan to be there all 4 years.</p>
<p>By the way, she's Iranian American...so you will be in good company. Also, the weather is mostly good there. It will be hot in August when you arrive until October. The hurricane season ends Nov. 30th. We managed to not be eternally traumatized by part of our roof blowing off during Wilma. Hurricanes are less than pleasant, but no reason not to go to S. FL.</p>
<p>There do appear to be resources to help the students get into grad school, etc. I think the senior thesis is a good selling point to a post graduate program.</p>
<p>And it's true, the school is not big and is definitely not the place to be if you are into football, greek life, etc. However, we did hear about some intriguing student groups while we were there and the student government system seems to be somewhat accessable. The fact that it isn't NYC, is something my D will have to come to terms with if she goes.</p>
<p>Forgot to address the male/female ratio:
It seems that is the case at most colleges these days unless you are at an engineering program. When we visited, though, we saw way more guys on campus than females (2 day visit).</p>