<p>I've posted here before, but I have a better idea of the type of place I want to go now.</p>
<p>I'm a pretty average student, and my SAT reflects that. I have taken both Geometry and Algebra II since the SAT, however, so my score should be much higher when I retake this fall. </p>
<p>Verbal: 640
Math: 520 (this WILL rise to at least a 600, hopefully higher)</p>
<p>My GPA is 3.3
I have spent two years at a boarding school in Massachusetts and one year in homeschool. Next year I may be attending an early college entrance program in TX, but just to finish my senior year. Most students there apply as freshman to colleges.</p>
<p>I don't have a great list of EC's, I haven't been able to do anything this year because I had knee surgery and physical therapy that has taken up much of my junior year. </p>
<p>JV Softball
JV Soccer
Varsity Ski Team</p>
<p>Sophomore Page Editor and Photographer, School Yearbook
Contributor, School Newspaper
110 Hours volunteered at Berkshire Humane Society
Selected by Head of School to take part in a leadership research group focusing on women - interviewed Prime Minister of Bermuda, among others.</p>
<p>I absolutely loved Smith College - it was right down the road from my boarding school. I loved the town of Northampton. I want a sort of artsy, liberal school but not extremely eccentric. I will be applying for financial aid.</p>
<p>I would like a smaller school where there is much interaction between students and teachers. I haven't decided on my major yet, but I am thinking along the lines of Art History, Philosophy, Creative Writing, etc...</p>
<p>I do not want a school that is populated by a very affluent student body. My boarding school had a very homogenous student body and I would like a bit more diversity in college.</p>
<p>Location changes every week - I'm from Texas, and I want to leave home but I know I'll be so homesick. I did go to boarding school in Mass. though and I loved it so I would certainly consider schools in the Northeast. I think I want to go to school in a great college town, but in proximity to a city...</p>
<p>SO, are these preferences reasonable? I did not hit the books as much as I should have my first two years and my 3.3 GPA reflects that. I have been working extremely hard since then, however and expect to make straight A's next year and significantly raise my SAT score. I took a practice new SAT and my predicted range was:
Critical Reading: 600-680
Writing: 590-720 (how is that big a range possible?)
Essay Score:10</p>
<p>Math: (OUCH!) 410-470
Like I said, I have taken both Algebra II and Geometry since then and am being tutored at Sylvan. That score will be higher when I retake. Significantly higher.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance,
Ashleigh</p>