Hey y’all!
I will soon be applying to transfer out of my community college and am strongly looking forward to going to a good pre law. I’ll just lay out some major stats here:
*out of state, Boston, MA
*HS gpa ~ 4.6, graduated in the top percentile of my class but in what is considered an inner-city. 4’s on a couple AP tests
*College GPA, hopefully will be finishing with a 3.9
*working a full time job as a supervisor at a bank and part time as a pharm tech
*am currently 21, an independent student, overcame houselessness from HS
*attended Reed but have all W’s on my transcript because I had to leave 1st semester due to hospitalization
*SATs pretty low, 1260: 580 math, 680 reading (was going through some strong abuse at my residence so it’s noticeably suffered from my abilities)
*haven’t taken the ACT and would want to do that or retake the SAT, just nervous about that because my math skills are pretty poor and I’ve been out of high school for a few years now
*more ECs include : volunteerism
Mentorship
Culture vultures & pre-med club in college
honors program
pre med club
youth harbors participation (homeless prog I was a part of)
what I think can help me:
I have worked two jobs to support myself my entire college career now and have done pretty well grade wise! I’m a first gen, black/biracial queer women, I overcame a trauma and put my step-dad in prison and have done a lot of work around that area. I aspire to be part of student govt and have done a lot in my community.
what I think is hurting me:
my Reed transcript, my SAT scores, my college transcript has an entire semester of 3 Ws and 1 F (I got into a major car accident and was hospitalized for some time. If I withdrew from all courses I would be forced to pay thousands as I was on financial aided couldn’t afford that. I tried to finish 1 class but was near impossible while still working and recovering)
may I also add my associates would be in liberal arts (a sociology pathway) and I would ideally like to be a Political Science Major with a minor in Medicine, Health and Society with a concentration in inequality, intersectionality & health justice (offered specifically at Vanderbilt)
please don’t be afraid to share your thoughts and your story! I know school considers a lot more than just numbers but I have some really good numbers and some below average numbers, I don’t know how I level out here. also I would definitely take advice?! thank you!