Hello,
I understand that a lot of you are going to disagree heavily with what I have to say but here goes…
I am currently a student at Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ and needless to say, it’s not what I expected. I’ve been here since about mid August and I’ve found myself in a rather bleak situation.
It really all started in high school when I moved from a Department of Defense School in Germany and found myself rather blindsided by the school system here in the states (DODEA schools have significantly less/easier work due to students constantly moving mid-year). I started off my freshman year with a 2.4 pretty much bombing most of my classes because and I was pretty depressed because I had zero friends. Getting my GPA up was just not happening for me and I finished with a 2.86 and an SAT score of 1230 (which I don’t think reflects who I am at all, but regardless that’s what I finished with). However to compensate for the lack of friends, I completed over 500 hours of community service to my church as well as CUMAC (Center for United Methodist Aid to the Community) in Paterson, NJ. I also developed a passion for writing and began writing articles for the Twin Boro News. When applications came around I was too caught up with what I was doing that I didn’t take it nearly as seriously as I should’ve and ended up turning in a bunch of half assed essays. The responses I got reflected the effort I put in and I got denial after denial. I was accepted by NJIT, SUNY Albany, and Rowan University. I was denied by Rutgers (New Brunswick), TCNJ, and Purdue.
I wanted to do two years at a CC but my parents had negative thoughts towards it as both of my siblings went straight to 4 year universities and they urged me to do the same. I ended up picking Rowan and so far I’ve found that it’s just not in an area I like, there’s significantly less ways to volunteer in the community (as the community is very small and rural) and to be honest there’s just nothing to do here if you’re not interested in greek life. Many will excuse this as just some freshman anxiety but I’m just so certain that this just isn’t the place for me.
Now to the question: Rutgers has been my dream school. Whenever I go to the New Brunswick campus I honestly feel as if I’m home. I even snuck into a couple classes (as I have friends who attend the school) and honestly it was so much more engaging than any of the classes I’ve had so far. I applied for the spring 2019 semester because if I had the chance to get out of here I would jump at the opportunity. I applied to SAS as well as SOE. The first time I applied to Rutgers I applied late, and to RBS which is quite competitive (and now that I look back I wonder why I even thought I had a chance). Do any of you think there is even the slightest shred of hope that I will get accepted? I know I really don’t have much to work with but I’m praying that there is the slightest opportunity I may attend.
Thank you and please let me know.