School Ideas/ Chance?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I was diagnosed w/ severe ADHD this year, and my GPA is unreflective of my intelligence. None the less, it will still be on my transcript. I was wondering if there were any good schools where GPA is not that important, or schools that I could get into based on my stats? So far the only school I am seriously interested in is Eugene Lang at the New School, chance? Also, I plan on majoring in International Relations, possibly pre-law. </p>

<p>Stats:
Location: Iowa
ACT:33
GPA: 2.4 UW (a few AP's, honors, advanced, classes)
Extra Curriculars: </p>

<p>Policy Debate, Locally: 1st place CR Wash debate tournament, 1st place North debate tournament, Quarterfinalist novice nationals, attended 3 week institute</p>

<p>Public Forum Debate, Nationally: 1st place St. Marks tournament (08'), 2nd place St. Marks (07'), Quarterfinalist Dowling Catholic tournament (07'), Double Octofinalist Dowling Catholic (08'), Semi-Finalist and Second Place speaker at Ohio Valley tournament (08'), Quarterfinalist State Tournament (07'), Berkeley California Invitational Octofinalist (08') Attended/ Qualified for Tournament of Champions (TOC) (07, 08).</p>

<p>Extemporaneous Speaking: Semifinalist State Tournament (07') </p>

<p>Field Intern for Obama Campaign May 07- Jan 08, Founder of first high school students for Obama club (BarackStars) nation wide, Camp Obama (highly selective field training) attendee, Member of Obama for America Steering Committee, Interviewed by NYT, NPR, Washington Post, etc. </p>

<p>Founder of Junior State (JSA) chapter, JSA Midwest Field Organizer</p>

<p>LeadAmerica Global Summit: International Affairs/ Diplomacy attendee </p>

<p>Environmental Protection Club, Operation Smile, Principals Advisory Council, Youth Leadership Forum; member</p>

<p>Students for Barack Obama, Young Dems, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS); President</p>

<p>I am graduating early as a junior and taking a gap year before applying to schools during my gap year I plan on taking a law/ human rights internship in either South Africa or China, Interning on Barack's general election campaign, working, and taking language classes.</p>

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<p>I’m not sure if this is applicable to your specific situation, but Lewis & Clark College (which happens to be excellent for international relations) has an alternative way for people to apply called the Portfolio Path to admission.
While I think it is intended for students who have better grades than their standardized score might suggest, I think it could be helpful for you, even though the situation is just the opposite. The link is here:</p>

<p>[Portfolio</a> Path](<a href=“http://www.lclark.edu/dept/admiss/portfoliopath.html]Portfolio”>http://www.lclark.edu/dept/admiss/portfoliopath.html)</p>

<p>In a nutshell, they consider 4 graded assignments from your junior and senior year and 3 teacher recommendations in addition to you standard application. I think that if you can show your intelligence (which is apparent in your ECs) through your portfolio, and perhaps include a letter from a doctor explaining your condition, that you would be very competitive for admission as well as their merit scholarships.</p>

<p>Best wishes. :)</p>

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<p>Not sure but maybe look at Drew and SUNY Albany.</p>

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<p>Goucher, maybe. </p>

<p>Or maybe one of the smaller colleges in New York, such as Marymount Manhattan.</p>

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<p>I think you have a good explanation for your GPA, and assume you’ll be getting better grades from now on. Given that, you might want to look at LACs where the women outnumber the men. Many are actively recruiting guys, and might be more forgiving towards your record.</p>