oh no! help w/admissions!!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Oberlin College
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<p>Hey I was wondering if this looks like what Oberlin is looking for at all for music/creative writing majors:</p>

<p>GPA: 4.19 weighted (going to rise)
3.88 unweighted (same)
Rank: 32/317 (getting better..it's in the 20's now)
SAT: (they're not fair)..writing 610, crit reading 520, math 550.
ACT: June 10th, not taken yet.
9th grade i took almost all honors (I have 3 B's on my transcript), 10th grade i took 2 honors, this year (11) i took 1 ap and 4 honors and have all A's (one b+). From 10th grade on, I have all A's on the transcript. Next year, I am taking 4 AP's (2 AP and 2 ap weighted honors) and 1 actual honors honors.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: People to people student ambassador program, national youth leadership conference (possibly--next summer), glsen (helps teach others about diversity), junior mendelssohn choir, voice lessons, piano lessons, cantoring for my rabbi, jazz choir, chamber choir (most elite), and many others that I can't think of. </p>

<p>Thanks!!</p>

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<p>I know creative writing is a competitive major, but as I'm not in the con. I have no idea what the admission criteria for that is</p>

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<p>hi again! Looks like you're applying to all the schools I did last year! it makes a big difference whether you're applying to the double degree program with the college and conservatory (what I did) or just to the the college music major. As you might imagine, the conservatory admission is a good deal more competitive, especially in voice and piano. On the other hand, the conservatory doesn't particularly care about SAT scores, which is nice. A warning though, the double degree program is pretty intense (it's a 5 year program), which is why I eventually decided against Oberlin. The problem with being a college music major is you tend to get the leftovers behind the people in the conservatory in terms of placement in ensembles, private lessons etc. hope this helps!</p>