My sister is a high school senior(lives in NJ). She is wondering if she should apply to her reach schools. She's very smart(in the gifted program), currently taking 5 AP courses(has ~ an A- average in all of them), SAT score of 1410, overall GPA of 3.9. Her class ranking isn't the best, since she goes to a rather competitive small school(85 students in her class), so she's not in the top 10% but she is in the top 12%.
The thing is, my parents are discouraging her because they're afraid that she won't get in and will just be wasting money on app fees, or that she'll get in but have no scholarships or grants given to her. They also claim that she doesn't have a "chance" if she didn't do sports in high school.
What do you think? Does she have a chance? Should she apply, or continue to look at "safety schools"?
2007-05-01 03:25:50 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
My sister lives in NJ though, and I heard that prestigious state schools(Penn State, UVA, UNC Chapel Hill, etc) are VERY hard to get into if you live out-of-state. Does that affect anything with my sister's chances at getting in? And thanks, by the way, to all of you that have responded so far.
2007-05-02 03:36:38 · update #1
She has a good shot at all three. William and Mary will be the most likely to accept her. She should definitely apply at all three and then apply at a local university that has a decent reputation. If she can't afford the application fee, some schools have an application fee waiver form that can be completed. I know for a fact that UVA has this.
Good luck
2007-05-01 07:09:46 · answer #1 · answered by NGC6205 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If you look at the websites for the top schools they often describe what the students are like who have been admitted. At some elite schools less than half the admitted kids did any sports at all in HS. Instead, they tended to do more intellectual stuff, like debate, theater, math or science club, DECA, or whatever. It totally is not true that you must do sports. What is true is that you must have some activity that you were passionate about, and that you excelled in.
I think your sister is almost certain to get into W&M, is a good bet at UVa and has a fighting chance at Penn. She should go for it!
Good luck.
2007-05-01 05:24:16 · answer #2 · answered by matt 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
UVA or College of William and Mary is a sure bet. I could have gotten into William and Mary and I had a 3.1 GPA but I went to a more competitive school, but all universities look at a numbers of factors and she has a lot of a good ones
2007-05-01 03:35:10 · answer #3 · answered by prodigychild_21 4 · 4⤊ 3⤋
I stay good next to clemson, and along with your scores you're very virtually garunteed. maximum persons are contained in the actual 50% of their type, and your credit are sturdy, and that they require sat scores around yours, which you have coated. Clemson is exceedingly well-known, and in case you get in there i'm confident you will get into the different ones.
2016-10-04 04:51:23 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None are a sure thing, but she has a real shot at all three. Admissions officers will take the quality of her school into account.
William & Mary is more likely than the other two.
2007-05-01 03:31:45 · answer #5 · answered by Ranto 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋