What was your GPA when you applied to SPelman COllege in 2006? Please reply if u don't mind sharing. I am planning to apply next year. :-)
Thanx.
Licia M.
When I first found out how selective Spelman was (junior year in high school), I asked Spelmanites the same type of questions ...what was your GPA? How involved were you in high school? What were your test scores? I did this because I wanted to see if I had a chance. I was uncertain because my first two years of high school were rough, especially my freshman year. I'm sorry about that whole situation, but I don't feel too bad because I was dealing with several issues. It wasn’t an a total excuse to be under achieving, but it’s done and over with.
In my junior year, I made several changes and started to really challenge myself. When I applied to Spelman I only had a 3.1 GPA. That's not horrible, but it's not outstanding either.
I really agree with Imaginelyfe06- Spelman (like many schools) look at the whole package. I think what helped me were the recommendations, my essay, extra curriculars/volunteering (all of which took place outside of school except newspaper), dual enrollment status and the fact that my transcript, despite it's imperfections showed steady improvement.
PSJSM, if you want solid facts about what Spelman looks for or the academic credentials of past classes (2001-2005)...the best resource is Spelman.edu not any of those college guide books.
Here's the link: http://spelman.edu/about_us/facts/pdf/factbook.pdf
The PDF file is 42 pages long. Just skip to pages 12-23. That's where all the facts, graphs and charts are.
Oh and one more thing. GPAs can be calculated in a zillion different ways. Weighted or unweighted. Cumulative. All four years or just some. Academic classes (math, science, foreign language, English, social studies) or all classes (keyboarding, cooking, web design, etc). The list goes on. University of Michigan for example, doesn’t consider your freshman year grades when calculating your GPA. They only consider academic courses and the calculation is unweighted. Bottom-line: GPA is one of the most important things, but don't get too caught up with it. (I know, it sounds like I'm contradicting myself).
Peace and good luck!
