Lehigh has a diversity program. Not sure if they will fly you in.http://www1.lehigh.edu/admissions/undergrad/visit/dap
Colby could fly you in https://www.colby.edu/admission/visit/experience/
Richmond MOVE not sure if there is airfare http://admissions.richmond.edu/visit/
St Olaf now has a fly in https://wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/fly-in-program/
You might like their Great Conversations program. It is very rigorous.
https://wp.stolaf.edu/great-conversation/
video http://www.stolaf.edu/multimedia/play/?p=18
I was looking at St. Olaf and I liked them and all but I did their tuition calculator and 20k/yr is just a bit too much for me to be able to afford.
Yes that is too much. Double check your numbers because that seems out of whack to me.
Have you run the FAFSA calculator to see if you will be eligible for federal Pell grants?
Yeah I did, and I do quality for Pell grants.
Then I am confused as to how that St Olaf number came in so high. They are going to expect you to take a student loan, have some work study, and have summer earnings each year. At best I don’t see how that could total more than $10,000.
Here are a couple of study abroad scholarships for you to apply for while you are in college. Throw them into a bookmark folder and forget about them for another 2 years.
http://fundforeducationabroad.org/about-fea/
The Fund for Education Abroad (FEA) was established as a 501(c)(3) organization in 2010 to address the need for an independent study abroad scholarship provider. FEA is expanding access to study abroad by raising awareness of its benefits to the individual and value to the collective, and by granting scholarships of up to $10,000.
Applicants from groups underrepresented in study abroad and those destined for non-traditional locations are given preference, in an effort to make the demographics of U.S. undergraduates studying abroad reflect the rich diversity of the U.S. population.
http://fundforeducationabroad.org/applicants/
PREFERENCES
Academically rigorous and immersive study abroad program
Study of the host country language (if not English)
Student demonstrates financial need
FEA strongly encourages students to apply who represent a group that is traditionally underrepresented in education abroad. Those groups include, but are not limited to:
Minority students
First-generation college students
Community college students
For the Pell eligible, the Gilman Scholarship is available https://www.gilmanscholarship.org/program/eligibility/
Students that are studying a critical language get a higher award https://www.gilmanscholarship.org/program/program-overview/
Remember the deadline is Tuesday. English Literature should be a no-brainer choice then, then the science you took this year. Always “prep” beforehand, borrowing prep books from the library. Your goal is to get 700+.
Okay I’ll definitely do that.
So my counselor told me in no uncertain terms that there is no way to change the pre calculus grade. And that doing it at a community college will not work either.
It will not change the grade on your transcript if you take it at a community college, but taking it at a community college over the summer will change the perception of it, and if you get an A in a faster-paced class it’ll support the idea the teacher had a meltdown and will thus invalidate the grade’s value for the admission reader.
You can also take Subject test Math 2 in the Fall, another way to demonstrate mastery of the material.
Alright I’ll look into those options. How bad is it if I don’t do anything about it and my counselor explains it on the common app?
Bad. Especially since your counselor isn’t used to writing recommendation for top schools so you cannot count on that explanation alone. But most importantly, it’ll mean you didn’t see it as such a problem that it needed to be corrected, and being okay with mediocrity won’t fly (whether it is the best you can do so you didn’t feel you could do any better by retaking it somehow, or whether you couldn’t be bothered.)
Even though he is signed up for stats? It is not like he has given up on math after Algebra 2.
Pre-calculus is considered a basic class to have when you apply to a top school such as the Questbridge schools. Statistics is a complement math class, not a core class and not a level up in the sequence.
Not retaking a basic math class in which he got a D sends the wrong signal.
Okay Ill try to find some solution, if I don’t find one I’ll just go with it and hope an explanation is enough.
The reason I think an explanation would be a decent solution is because the math teacher didn’t teach us, he gave tests and did nothing else. He was a first year teacher.
It’s not like I slacked off and got a D, he simply didn’t know how to teach the subject at all.
I want to fix it but it might not be possible for me. I can’t retake it at school and taking it during the summer at a community college might be impossible for me.
I think @MYOS1634 would argue that retaking PreCalc would be better than Stats, even if the grade doesn’t replace. Probably would still need an explanation though.
Did any of the online HS courses look possible?
Can you refresh me on what your senior year schedule is?
1.Spanish 1 first semester, Spanish 2 second semester. (Accelerated Program).
2.AP Environmental Science
3.AP Chemistry
4 AP Language
5.AP Human Geo
6.Intro into health professions 1st semester/Health 2nd semester required
7. Quantitative Literacy (it’s what they are calling stats next year lol)
Thing is school won’t let me retake it.
Well, sometimes it is what it is.
You have lots of rigor in your schedule which is a big plus.