I’m out of state (PA), Asian, female, and coming from community college. Intended major is linguistics.
I completed 16 credits at community college and received a 3.8 GPA. Unfortunately, I had to do an excused withdraw from all of my classes my second semester there due to medical reasons… I am unsure if this will affect my chances significantly.
Last year I was the student body secretary, secretary of Math Club, president of History Club, and generally very involved on campus. This year I can’t commit to as many extracurriculars due to my work schedule but I was accepted into the Honors Program and I am faring pretty well. (These grades, however, will not be out for the December 1st deadline.)
My ACT scores are composite 30 (English 32, Math 29, Reading 35, Science 25, Writing 9). They came out lower than what I know my full potential to be (had a wisdom teeth extraction the day before, first experience with the ACT etc.) so I am planning on retaking them in October. I expect my science score to go up significantly (I really had trouble with pacing) and my math score by a couple of points as well.
Another thing to note is that I withdrew from high school and got my GED. Unsure if they look at specific GED scores but I did score very highly across all subsections. In addition, despite dropping out of high school (and having only completed 9 courses), I was a fairly strong student, especially given my turbulent life circumstances. I received awards on the National Latin Exam, and was commended in the National Merit Scholars program.
I spoke to a CLA transfer counselor several times over the course of few months and she made my chances sound very good, saying I seemed like a strong student, and that transfer admissions isn’t very selective. She said I was fine with the ACT scores that I have, even back when I was predicting that it would be around 26 or so. I’m just very nervous because I’ve had a more up-and-down academic history than most, and this is the first time I have looked seriously into public college admissions. (Before my colleges of interest were primarily highly selective, small liberal arts institutions. I’d imagine they’re a bit more holistic in their approach than big research universities.)
Please let me know if you have any insight to share on where I stand! Thank you 