Please chance me, i'm desperate and worried i won't get in to college.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>intended major: dance (modern), literary studies, or gender studies... and fashion merchandising depending on which school i choose to go to</p>

<p>race: white hispanic</p>

<p>gender: female</p>

<p>location: pennsylvania</p>

<p>high school: audition-based performing arts high school, dance major</p>

<p>gpa: 3.0</p>

<p>SAT scores: will be taken in october but most of my top schools are SAT optional anyway</p>

<p>extracurriculars: prom committee, literary magazine (i have writing and publishing credits), yearbook, american red cross, SADD (students against destructive driving)</p>

<p>employment: cashier at a chinese restaurant - 2 years, seasonal employment as a lifeguard at a water-park - 3 months, currently a seating hostess at a high-end restaurant.</p>

<p>essays: my strength is writing, so essays will be the strongest area in all of my apps. i wrote my common app essay on my struggle with anorexia and how i found my way back. if you're interested in reading, that would be fantastic. </p>

<p>i am applying to (in order from most to least desirable):
1. eugene lang college
2. sarah lawrence college
3. bennington college
4. university of hartford (the hartt school)
5. suny purchase
6. rutgers university
7. fashion institute of technology
8. temple university
9. university of the arts</p>

<p>these are a couple of possibilities that i'm still considering (if i decide it's worth applying to these two i'll switch them with two up there):
1. bard college
2. connecticut college</p>

<p>WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? DO I HAVE A CHANCE? IF NOT, WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND I DO?</p>

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<p>BUMP
come onnn
help</p>

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<p>Well. Don’t freak out. Here’s a few tips on Rutgers University, because I have family there. Your gpa is your weakest point. but that could be okay if you get really good test scores. If you can’t recover your GPA, try and get to the equivalent of a 28 ACT on your SAT. For most schools, any standardized test is required. Good luck, good for essays, good employment experiences.</p>

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<p>thanks! when i say SAT optional, i mean they don’t require any type of standardized test scores and in place ask for a graded academic paper to be sent to them (which i think i’m okay about, i’ve always done pretty well with papers).</p>

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<p>of the schools i know about i think you sound fairly typical. sat scores do matter even when it’s sat optional though…i’ve heard of cases where average sat scores got someone in to the schools where they submitted them but the ones where they didn’t they were denied. maybe 'cause schools think they have something to hide?
i’ll read your essay if you still want people to, too.</p>