Sophie03

[Sophie03]

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Originally posted by highschoolhopeful

I am an average student, with a 3.2 GPA, I’m a junior at a prep school in New England. I have a lot of extracurricular activities including over 70 hours of community service, 2 musicals, summer courses, choir for 3 years (going to take it again next year) and will be part of a 21st century leadership initiative program at my school next semester and all senior year. I’m looking to go to a good college. Would I have a chance at getting into any of the following schools: NYU, Colombia, BC, Skidmore, Colgate, or Tufts?

Thanks for the help guys!!

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Hello Highschoolhopeful

I’ve worked for colleges as an advisor for a number of years. You are taking some of the steps you need to be accepted, however, each college has different qualifications or exceptions that they’ll make, say for example your GPA being lower than what they’d like. The best way to find out if these will accept you would be to look on the respective college web site or speak to an Admissions Advisor. These are the best places to find the criteria for being accepted to the colleges you are interested in.
An Admissions Advisor is there to help you get into college, I’d make a list of your questions and see what else you may need to do in your last year of high school to be considered for their college.

Wishing you all the best,

Sophie

[Sophie03]

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Originally posted by daydrmrjolene1

My daughter is ahigh school senior and goofedoff last year. Her gpa is 2.02 and she scored 1750 on her SAT this december. Do you know of a 4 yearcollege that may take her? She is interested in journalism and marketing.

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Hello: I’ve worked as an Admissions Advisor for colleges, and to be honest it’s completely up to the college. Some will consider her SAT and ACT scores as apart of the process others will have her take a placement test and depending on how she does on this she’ll be eligible for admission.

Make a list of the colleges that have her majors and contact an Admissions Representative from that college. If there are things she needs to work on to get in they will let you know.

One suggestion may be that she take one semester at a Community college and see how she does, this will tell the college if she is ready or not to handle their curriculum.

I’ve worked with students who didn’t do so well in high school and we were able to get them in once they fulfilled our requirements.

Don’t be discouraged, the biggest thing is that she has to want to get in. If she does everything else can be worked around.

I hope this helps,

Sophie

[Sophie03]

Mandy:

Looking into medical school is a great career choice, we always need excellent doctors.

I’ve worked in Admissions for years, and one of the best ways to determine what college you’ll receive your bachelors degree from would be to start with the med schools that you’d like to get into. Choose a couple or so and ask them who they would recommend.

This way you are already estabilshing a relationship with colleges you’re interested in, you are already fulfilling the requirements that they need and attending a college they like to accept students from.

If you have more questions, feel free to e-mail me.

Sophie

sophie@sophiemaddox.com

[Sophie03]

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Originally posted by akpangik

Hello,

My husband is six credits shy of earning his M.A. in English and has been out of school for nearly five years. He is attempting to re-enroll to complete his degree, however, about four years ago he was enrolled at another university in an M.F.A. program which he subsequently was unable to complete when his mother grew ill and he was forced to move away before the close of the semester. As a result, he was not able to follow the appropriate withdrawal procedure which resulted in F grades in all but one class which his professor allowed him to complete via distance learning. On his new application for readmission, he is asked to include any new college experience. Is he required to list these other classes taken in another degree and, if so, will these prohibit him from being allowed to complete the degree he has already begun? Thank you in advance for your assistance and time.

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Actually this is one of the things an Admissions Advisor looks at are the colleges he’s attended to get an idea if he’s ready for graduate studies at their college, especially if he is looking for transfer credit from the prior college to finish his degree.
Talk to your Admissions Advisor, be upfront and honest. It’s not uncommon for a student to have had time off for a family circumstance and we know that you cannot complete a class and tend to family at the same time if there is not an option for distance learning.
The colleges I’ve worked for only take the higher grades and if you have one lower than this then the class has to be repeated. This is an excellent thing because this gives you a fresh start.

They may request a letter like the moderator mentioned detailing what happened and how you plan to work around other family concerns should they come up. They like to see proactivity for future concerns, and validity for the prior concern. Please be sure that the letter is professionally written, no grammar or spelling mistakes.

I’ve seen some requests for admission refused due to bad grammar, and this is typically a letter they’ll be reading very carefully.

I hope you found this helpful.

Sophie

[Sophie03]

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Originally posted by tdeancon

Do potential employers look disparagingly at online degrees?

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This is an excellent question, and one I found that most of the students I work with ask.

Employers want a good employee, this is the bottom line, they want to know that they are not getting an employee who cannot accomplish the tasks put before him or her.

The students on the other hand need to get the necessary education and still maintain their life, and current responsibilities.

The colleges which recognize this offer education with an online option. Colleges that are on the up and up elect to be Accredited, which means that their online classroom has to mirror the requirements of the physical classroom, and this is regulated by frequent check ups on the college.

If you are attending a regionally Accredited college, then your education will be the same as a traditional college or they would loose the accreditation and their reputation would be on the line.

Ask the college if the degree you recieve states the degree was online, the college I worked for had physical locations as well as an online option and the degree doesn’t say online.

I hope this is helpful.

Sophie,

[Sophie03]

Hello Ashlee3535.

Choosing a college is a huge decision. I’ve worked with students for years to help them choose a college. I even hosted career choice days at several of the high schools to help students decide what college would be a good fit for them.

What is very helpful is to consider what you want to study. Look into colleges that offer subjects in the programs you are intersted in learning about.

Jot down a list of things that are important to you in a college.
Like:
Subjects
Placement rate, how many of the students who graduate find jobs in your field
Tuition
size of the college
Perhaps location

Make the list as long as you need to, then find colleges that offer subjects similar to what you are looking for, work on narrowing the list down to 3-5 options and just apply to these this way you have options incase you don’t get into your first choice.

I wrote a couple of articles that give even more things to consider. Take a look at these.

Choosing a college
http://www.sophiemaddox.com/2009/10/30/secrets-of-choosing-the-right-college/

Find your unique learning style
http://www.sophiemaddox.com/2009/10/29/unique-learning-styl/

I hope this is helpful.

Sophie

[Sophie03]

That is a great question.

I have worked with students on both sides of being admitted to college, both helping them getting into a college and I’ve been the one helping to review transcripts to accept students.

The main thing you don’t want is to have a class bring down your GPA. If you withdrawal now findout from your high school how this will reflect on your transcript.
If you are getting a W (Withdrawal)then make sure that the colleges you are looking into are not going to count this against you. Some frown on this and others over look it.

If you are past the point where you can drop the class and keep a good GPA, then I’d recommend staying in the class and working with your teacher to find out what you can do to bring up your grade. Ask if there is extra credit projects or something you can do.
The last thing you want is to have a low GPA resulting from a low grade.

I hope this helps.

Sophie

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