<p>I was waitlisted at Wesleyan and really would like to get in, but my gpa is a bit sup-par.</p>
<p>This may just be a bad excuse. Maybe it's a good excuse. Hell, maybe it's just natural. My sophomore year, I went college crazy. Maybe that's an understatement. I got spectacular grades, and pushed myself as far as I possibly could in all my classes. However, this had a downside: my main goal in life was to get into an Ivy League. That was it. </p>
<p>Finally, when I selected my next years course schedule, I realized how much harder my classes were going to be. I would not be able to continue in this manner. So I made a conscious decision right then: I would not go through school for college; I would go through school for me. So, I still have taken the hardest courseload possible, and I turn in all my work. The main difference is I learn for learnings sake, not to be a mechinized number cruncher. My grades reflect who I am as a person. I get straight A's in classes I enjoy and I will continue in the future, such as Japanese and music. I don't do poorly in my other classes; mostly B's, I think I've gotten 2 Cs before. But the point is, if I did not attend high school, I would do the same amount of work. I will hopefully excell in Wesleyan due to their open curriculum, because every class I take will have been my own choice.</p>
<p>I am a sophomore now. And what should I do next year. I already chose my classes and got into 1 honors class which was German 3. I would have gotten in honors chem, but my math grade wasnt high enough. Also, honors english but the class was already filled up. I have a 3.0 or 90 average,not that many ec's, and lots of service by the time a graduate. Also last year I had a 2.5 gpa, which is an 82 at my school. So this year has been a huge improvement for me. If i keep my grades up for the rest of my high school career and get good SAT scores, what colleges do you think I can go to? And btw, I live in NJ. Im interested in anything in the east, and some west. Also, I want to go to a school that is into its sports.And I think i want to major in psychology or accounting, maybe something else. I havnt really decided. So my main questions are....</p>
<p>What should I be doing junior and senior year?
What colleges would you suggest if I keep my grades up?</p>
<h2>Is it too early too even think about this stuff yet?</h2>
<p>Tor is also Njjets who is applying to these schools. Someone gave a stats checkup so ignore the reach/match stuff:</p>
<p>Rutgers New Brunswick - Reach
University of Connecticut = Reach
Florida State University = Slight Reach
University of Central Florida = Match
Boston University = Bigger Reach
Santa Clara University = Reach
Seton Hall University = Match
West Virginia University = Match
North Carolina State University = Bigger Reach
Villanova University = Bigger Reach
Arizona State University = Match
University of Pittsburgh = Bigger Reach</p>
<p>UH YEAH RIGHT Tor. You are such a retard... why the hell would somebody want to hack into your pathetic ID?</p>
<p>anyway, anonomousn, i think you have nothing to lose by writing a letter. i did something really similar and used a reasoning that's like yours (i meant it too). i wrote a letter and had my gc send it in with my midyear reports. but if you're actually going to do it, don't let it sound too contrived (right now, it looks like you're making a huuuuge excuse). take some responsibility. tell them you were too ambitious, maybe a little naive, etc. and that you've learned from this and that you'll be more wise in your future decisions regarding course selections. and then i remember from my letter, i told them how i benefited from taking my course load and how it was also a good thing...</p>
<p>I wouldn't. In life we will often have to do things we don't necessarily like or want to do in order to get where we want to go. The choices come later.</p>
<p>I emailed the head of the japanese department, and hopefully have a meeting with her. I think that should sway my chances a little. Any other suggestions?</p>
<p>What I'm worried about is that colleges will see the letter as an excuse. We get all kinds of shenanigans over here in admissions (some kid told us that his best friend told him that some colleges like to see some C's instead of all A's).</p>
<p>The reason your parents should write it is because if you wrote it, it MIGHT be seen as an excuse.</p>
<p>I file papers for admissions here but I do read essays (when I'm bored) and supplemental essays. You won't believe the crap some kids pull to try and get in. </p>
<p>Oh and yes the meeting should help. Good luck!</p>
<p>Accepted, do you mean that any letter written by a student would be seen as an excuse? Because when I wrote mine, I purposely tried to keep it away from the whiny excuse type letter. :-/</p>
<p>No, obviously not everything written by the student is discounted. It is always suspicious though and in recent years, we have seen more and more students try "outlandish" tactics to get in.</p>