Transfer Smith College Spring 2017

Would you guys mind chancing me and doling out advice on what worked for you on being accepted?

High school weighted GPA: 3.3
SAT score: 1830/2400
ACT score: 28/36

I was on my high school newspaper for a couple of years, was vice president of a language class, worked for a year and a summer, and volunteered. I also took a lot of AP/honors classes, in retrospect, I definitely should have eased back and went with more honors/CP courses in order to boost my GPA. Only tangentially related, but I thought my common app and supplement essays were very good and I also interviewed.

I’m attending a regional campus for a state school in the fall and wondering what I should do to ensure getting in this time around. I’m taking micro economics, freshman English, a class on domestic abuse, and intro to international relations. Other than maintaining a very high GPA, is there anything else Smith really likes to see? Because I have to somehow make up for my poor scores in high school.

Thank you!

What is your college GPA? I’m also looking to attend Smith in the Spring of 2017. And like you, I also had a 3.33 in high school. (I know. Ouch!) I’m coming from a community college, and I’m coming in as a junior, after hopefully redeeming myself with straight A’s here.