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Daniel applied to 5 colleges before deciding to take a gap year at the Bridge Costa Rica.
Here were his results:
Here were his results:
- Goucher: waitlisted
- Augsburg: accepted, $10,000/year scholarship
- Johnson St: accepted
- Hartford U: accepted
- Castletown St.: accepted
While at The Bridge he worked with us on college apps and added to his applications the experiences he’d lived with us and the resume he had built. Without any changes to his GPA or SAT scores, here’s how he did with his 5 new applications (including the two he applied to again)::
- Goucher: accepted, $10,000/year scholarship
- Augsburg: accepted, $20,000/year scholarship
- Lynn: accepted, $2,000/year scholarship
- Curry: accepted, $18,000/year scholarship
- Whittier: accepted, $10,000/year scholarship
He explains the change in this way: “I kept on hearing I would get so much experience for resume building, and I said to myself, yeah whatever, what difference can that make? But I’ve gotten a crazy amount of experience that I don’t think I would have gotten anywhere else, and the difference clearly shows”.
Daniel helping sell BriBri goods at the local market
Daniel building for a service project
Daniel with his internship mentor at Accion Joven (nonprofit)
Daniel with college counselor, Martin Naffziger
Daniel at a campsite near Mt. Chirripo
Daniel with staff and other bridge participant
College admissions say the following about the profile they are looking for:
“What is it that makes you unique, and how will you contribute to the life of our campus?” That’s what admission officers want to know, according to Earl Johnson, dean of admission at the University of Tulsa. To gauge what students can bring to their campus, they look for these types of qualities:
Leadership A willingness to take risks Initiative A sense of social responsibility A commitment to service Special talents or abilities
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