<p>(First, this is probably going to be long -- sorry!)</p>
<p>I homeschooled for high school and finished at 15 after skipping 7th and 8th in the public school system and finishing my high school work really early. I had a 4.0 with my high school work and took lots of credit-free courses through my CC.</p>
<p>I was originally going to take a year off and then apply to several top LACs, but ended up running into severe health problems as well as becoming my grandmother's full-time live-in caretaker, so my college entrance was delayed. I enrolled at my CC in spring of this year, once Grandma was able to enter a nursing home.</p>
<p>I currently have a 3.93 GPA in an honors Liberal Arts A.A. program. I do plan on finishing up my Associate's here before transferring, especially since it's one of the top-ranked CCs in the country and has a really good transfer reputation. (Students end up going to Amherst, Yale, Brown, Trinity, Wesleyan, Smith, and others on a regular basis.)</p>
<p>I'm currently a staff writer for our student newspaper, a member of Phi Theta Kappa (academic honor society), and Vice-President of our disability advocacy club. I will be joining the French Club and Alpha Mu Gamma (foreign language honor society) next year. I am extremely active with volunteer work in my community, including a high-level position with the American Cancer Society, and you could argue that my volunteer work history is the strongest part of my application aside from academics.</p>
<p>I plan on majoring in Medieval Studies and/or Comparative Literature once I transfer, either of which I can individualize wherever I go.</p>
<p>Schools I'm looking at, mostly in order of preference:</p>
<p>Bates
Smith
Trinity
Cornell
Mount Holyoke (sliding)
Wesleyan
Wells
Rochester
Connecticut College
Bowdoin</p>
<p>The final four are hard to rank. I have a guaranteed admissions pact with UConn's CLAS, but likely will not attend.</p>
<p>I have not yet taken the SATs, but they are only required for Wesleyan, Trinity, and I think Conn. I will be taking them for the first time this fall, along with three subject tests. I have been doing lots of practice tests and so far have yet to dip below 770 on CR, 790 on the W grammar portion, and 620 on math. (I'm spending the rest of my summer brushing up, since I haven't used it in awhile and am a little rusty.) I've always been really good with standardized tests and therefore am not too concerned, though I am studying really hard and am not taking it lightly.</p>
<p>So, to wrap this up, can anyone speak to the transfer admissions processes at any of these colleges? Have you been through it? I'd especially like to hear from CC transfers.</p>
<p>I know Bates doesn't like accepting CC credits, but I've been in touch with their admissions department for awhile and they've assured me that since I'm in a program that's designed to transfer and the rest of my record is really strong, they probably won't hold it against me. (My favorite professor and PTK advisor is also an alum who's still active with the college, so that might help a little.) Trinity has a really good transfer relationship with my college, and Wesleyan literally puts Connecticut Community College system transfers at the top of the pile. Wells is a definite safety. I've been in touch with the Smith admissions department since I was in high school and have a really good relationship with the people there. Mount Holyoke is really hard to transfer into due to overcrowding, but I'm going to try anyway.</p>
<p>Anyway, sorry for being so longwinded! If anyone can tell me about transfer admissions at any of those colleges, I'd appreciate it. :)</p>