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<p>Actually, I believe American does have a Methodist affilation, but it’s not an “intense” one.</p>

<p>Edited: Yep.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.american.edu/discoverau/fast-facts.cfm[/url]”>http://www.american.edu/discoverau/fast-facts.cfm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>By the way, PennLover, if religious affiliation isn’t your thing, how did Yeshiva U get on your previous list?? ;)</p>

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<p>Hey everyone, my name is Greg, Im a double major in finance and economics </p>

<p>I am trying to transfer to several business schools-(stern,UVA,cornell,U of Indiana,UPenn, UofMinn, Uof wiss., USC, UCLA,etc.) for Fall 2010 as a junior. I currently go to Minnesota state university. My high school record was horrible- 2.6gpa. In college I have a 3.67 that I will maintain this upcoming year. I am involved with the Finance and Economics clubs and have several positions within a social fraternity. I will also be studying abroad in France for a semester, during which, i will either intern or volunteer. I will be in all upper level classes (compared to others i would say that i have a really large course load, with more difficult classes). I have taken all the basic courses like micro and macro, calc 1, all the gen eds, financial and managerial acct also. And i will also have taken 3 more math classes by the time I apply. What type of chance will I have, and what things could i do to stand out more?</p>

<p>Thank you,
Greg</p>

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<p>landg536100, you should start your own thread. It is rude to “hijack” threads this way.</p>

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<p>sorry about that, i just read the first post that said something about a chance me thread</p>

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<p>I agree with a previous poster that Occidental still isn’t in the safety range.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.arcadiachineseparents.org/plots/2008/OCC.png[/url]”>http://www.arcadiachineseparents.org/plots/2008/OCC.png&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>A more thought out list, but still lacking that most elusive of colleges–a safety that you’d like to attend.</p>

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<p>Regarding admission safeties for this OP:</p>

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<p>I encourage the OP not to neglect the University of Missouri-Columbia, the one true admission safety (i.e. sure thing), which is also a reasonable route to one of the stated possible long-term goals, law school.</p>

<p>I am aware that the OP currently “hates” Columbia and has “no interest” in Mizzou. Perhaps another visit (on a non-football weekend?) and a visit to the departments of interest would change Penn Lover’s mind enough to use Mizzou as a safety he/she could learn to like.</p>

<p>It is hard to believe Mizzou is so unpalatable that NOWHERE would be preferable, if the worst case scenario plays out.</p>

<p>The Mizzou application is easy, and the OP is probably no more than 2 or 2 1/2 hours away by car, making a visit rather easy. The other in-state public safety that might be considered is Truman State, considered a public LAC; however, the town of Kirksville is really quite isolated and small and–dare I use the word?–unsophisticated by comparison with many other college towns, including Columbia.</p>

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<p>What about the University of Kansas in Lawrence? I’ve visted UM, Truman and KU and found KU to have the prettiest campus of the three. The OP could check out the Midwest Student Exchange Program which gives students in certain midwest states a break on tution at participating schools. Check it out. [MHEC</a> Home Page](<a href=“http://www.mhec.org/]MHEC”>http://www.mhec.org/) Here is a link to a list of participating institutions:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.mhec.org/index.asp?pageID=52[/url]”>http://www.mhec.org/index.asp?pageID=52&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks for the info, guys! =]</p>

<p>I also have a bit of a dumb question: Say, for example, I apply to Claremont McKenna and Pitzer. I get accepted to Pitzer, but not Claremont. Could I then, after completing my freshman year, re-apply to Claremont? Or is it set up that once you’re denied entrance to a university, you’re permanently barred from attending it? Basically, can you apply to a college/university for a consecutive number years? Also, would this bode poorly for you in regard to the future applications? I’m assuming it would.</p>

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<p>Many students transfer into schools they did not get into as freshmen. I don’t know specifically about Clermont colleges, but I bet it is the same there, as long as the school you want to transfer to accepts transfer students in general.</p>

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<p>I don’t know if S’s friend applied to both Hampshire and Amherst. But by junior year, she was taking almost all her courses at Amherst. She transferred because she decided that both politically and socially Hampshire was not a comfortable fit for her. the two colleges are part of a consortium but there is greater distance between them than among the Claremont Colleges. I don’t know whether you would find it necessary to transfer from one to the other.</p>

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<p>Thank you, guys. I was using the two as a hypothetical, more than anything. It could be Colby and Pitzer or Mizzou and Claremont. I just wanted to know if there was a “once rejected, always rejected” policy in place or not.</p>

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<p>^definitely not.</p>

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<p>Apologies if you’ve mentioned this, but do you have a class rank or percentile?</p>

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<p>No, sorry, I didn’t provide my rank. I don’t recall what it was exactly. I was in the top 30-40%, I believe, which of course is no help.</p>

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<p>If you’re still in top half, you’re in a <em>substantially</em> better position than you would have been had your rank been below 50%.</p>

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<p>Really? I would have thought that not even breaking the top 25% would be a very big black mark.</p>

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<p>American is religiously affiliated but they go out of their way to make students of all faiths, or no faith, very welcome. My son the atheist fell head over heads in love with American after visiting them. </p>

<p>GWU would be a reach for you, in my opinion. It’s a match for my S and his standardized scores are a bit higher than yours and his gpa is much higher. </p>

<p>After attending the GWU and American info session and tours, he said they basically have the same information session. He liked the traditional campus in the city feel of American over the city feel of GWU. Also, American has been very enthusiastic about his interest in them from the start whereas GWU has not. </p>

<p>We are a military family, so that “home” feeling is important to him in a college. For someone who grew up in only one or two places, the city feel of GWU may be a better match.</p>

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<p>I don’t think it is a good idea to compare the OP with more conventional students. The problem is that, given his very unusual profile, it is impossible to predict how adcoms will react to his application. There cannot be many students with GPAs below 3.00 and a class rank in the 30%-40% who has so many APs and so many unusual languages (our hs does not offer Ancient Greek or German for instance).</p>

<p>He needs a few safeties in case adcoms react negatively to his profile, but I cannot imagine that all adcoms will do so, in particular those that scrutinize applications carefully and are willing to take some risk.</p>

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<p>Do you guys think the languages will help me? I’ve been a bit wary about my decision, and have thought that perhaps I should have gone with AP Environmental Sci. Will the Greek be a selling point, or will adcoms look down their noses because I forewent a year of science and only completed the required 3 credits?</p>

<p>EDIT: I have a very strong interest (passion?) in foreign language, so perhaps that will be conveyed in my transcript?</p>