<p>First thing first, I couldn't find the appropriate section for this question. Rather I'm not even quite sure where it belongs. So I apologize in advance if this is the wrong place to post; mods please allocate this thread to the correct section if that's the case. </p>
<p>In short, I did not manage to get into college for the 2010 school year. Consequently, I am almost certain that I will enlist in the armed forces. By doing so I plan to continue my education through the military while serving and after, and after having served, the requisite amount of years. My mother, however, who lives in S. Korea, has suddenly decided she wants me to fly down there and attend a SAT prep. program. Whereupon she wants me to re- apply to college as a gap year student. </p>
<p>And therein lies my question, or sort of. (1) Do a lot of colleges accept gap year students? I realize it's quite uncommon for students to take a break (though I have no choice).
(2) How do they view these students? (3) Will my having been rejected once have an affect on my new application? (4) Am I still entitled to financial aid? (5) What are the chances of getting in? (6) Am I allowed to retake both the SATI and SATIIs?</p>
<h2>Please read further below, should you have the time to spare, to have a more specific ideal of my situation. </h2>
<p>Now, as per thread title, I'm considering re-applying to college for the year of 2011/2012 (I'm not quite sure). To be more specific about my concerns, I'll explain a little about what happened to me this year in regards to college applications. </p>
<p>Namely, I was rejected from 8/10 colleges I applied for. The other two put me on their waitlist, of which I was not able to get off. So ultimately I applied to 10 colleges and was rejected from 10 colleges. Here's a list of the colleges I applied to so you get an idea:</p>
<p>UCs:
Berkeley
California
Davis
Santa Barbara
Irvine</p>
<p>Privates:
Boston University (waitlisted)
Pepperdine University (waitlisted)
USC
NYU
Stanford - long reach, did not expect to have a chance here</p>
<p>I wasn't the best student in high school but I believed I had decent enough marks and E.C.s to at least make it into BU. And as for my backup schools, Davis, Irvine, and SB, I realized too late that they would likely not consider me for reasons I'll explain further below. My G.P.A. as of my junior and senior year were roughly between 3.5 and 3.7. As for my classes, I had taken 6-9 AP course classes. My class ranking placed somewhere between the top 15-20% of a 700+ graduating class. In regards to my E.C., I included: Eagles Scout, Assistant Scout Master, writing for the school paper, varsity tennis team, a skills and leadership based organization called SkillsUSA in which I competed twice at the national level, and various clubs which I only listed for the sake of doing so (I did not expect these to be credited highly as they were not very long term i.e. were only 1-2 years). </p>
<p>I suppose my weakest area was that of my test scores. For my SAT1 I received a 1780. For my AP Exams, I only opted to take three, US History, Literature, and Biology. My scores in all three was 3s. From my understanding, what really broke my application were my SAT2 scores, or rather, the lack thereof. The only SAT2 score I received was in AP Biology which ranged in the high 500s and low 600s. And this, from what I figured, though I never found out, disqualified me from my UC applications. Boston U. also required 2 SAT2 scores but opted to waitlist me which made me question what really hampered my UC applications. </p>
<p>I'm really concerned that these types of programs will be very costly, especially to my family as we are not the most financially stable or safe. And not to mention that flying to Korea and back will cost a couple thousand dollars. What's more, I am worried that if upgrading my test scores are not enough, I will have spent a year in vain. </p>
<p>I appreciate all advice and help. And I apologize for the terribly long thread. Thank you everyone in advance!</p>