<p>okay.. so im a sophomore in college and I've been considering transferring to Emerson, among a few other schools... my high school stats were pretty bad... had a lot of issues back then so i started off at Suffolk... always sort of knowing that i wanted to transfer. I'm an English major, great writer with a particular interest in Theatre (hence emerson..)</p>
<p>So I hear that the trick to getting into emerson is to distinguish yourself with awards/achievements so here's all my extra stuff:</p>
<p>This year one of my plays was picked to compete at the Kennedy Center for performing arts Regional Playwriting festival. Apparently its a pretty prestigious contest (didnt know at the time I just had to submit it as a requirement for my playwriting class) .I don't know if I will advance to the nationals yet... im not getting my hopes up.</p>
<p>I also do a lot of extra curricular stuff at my school and I was hired as a teaching assisant for the 1 credit class on transitioning into college.</p>
<p>Held a job at residence life over the summer.</p>
<p>I was accepted to the writing center scholars program at my school (I tutor other students and help them improve their writing)</p>
<p>Important stuff/grades:</p>
<p>Ive been on dean's list for the past 2 semesters. This semester I had about a 3.8, last semester about 3.6, 3.7) but my 1st semester was a little rough... i ended up with 2 A's a B and a D+ (3.0 even) the D was in communications. I entered as a journalism major and it was a requirement but journalism turned out to be not for me... and the class was really impersonal with 100 plus kids... just not my thing. </p>
<p>Overall my GPA is about a 3.4 (but would be a lot higher if it werent for that stupid D) </p>
<p>So far I've received A's in all the english courses which arent just your run of the mill english 101...but rather advanced ....some 300 and 400 levels b/c i entered in with lots of APs. All my B's were in major unrelated cores like Math, Ethics and Law (dont ask... it was a passing phase)</p>
<p>So do I have a chance? I purposely gave a lot of info... sorry if it's a book.</p>