<p>So I have a lot of schools I'd be interested in attending, but my top choices are the Massachusetts consortium schools (Hampshire, Smith, Mount Holyoke, UMass Amherst, Amherst). I'm a white female and my GPA on a 4.0 scale is somewhere around a 3.0-3.1. I'm not submitting my standardized test scores and my teacher recommendations were really good...my essay was (hopefully) good as well, or at least I was told it was...and because Smith and MHC are all-female schools, I am involved with the National Organization for Women. Oh and I write and play my own original music (writing, guitar, singing); I sent all those schools a 10-minute sample of my music through Common App.
I haven't applied to UMass Amherst or Amherst yet (though I doubt I'll get accepted there anyway).
My question is: do I have a chance at any of these schools? I'm hearing veryyy mixed things about them; some people say I probably can, some people say I probably can't.
I interviewed with Hampshire and it went really well. And I'm interviewing with Smith and MHC in the next few weeks. In all honesty, I doubt I'll be accepted to Smith, but do you think I have a chance with any of them? Please help!
Thanks so much!</p>
<p>What are your test scores?</p>
<p>You’re a special case because your main draw is musical ability. Which tends to be hit or miss. You have a chance at all those schools, but Amherst is a very high reach even if you have good test scores.</p>
<p>Yeah to be honest, I wasn’t even planning on applying to Amherst, because it’s such a reach and so competitive. My top schools are Hampshire, Mt. Holyoke, and Smith. My test scores, well, suck…my writing was I believe a 610, my math a 390, and my reading 600…1590 total. I’m honestly not expecting to be accepted to Smith…too selective. But a girl can dream. q:</p>