I've been wanting to write this for awhile, but I haven't been sure how exactly to start it.

Right now I currently attend a local college, where I have been taking general education courses that I (think) I'll need wherever I end up.

Thus far, I've completed:

• Calculus I, II, & III
• General Chemistry I & II
• C++ Programming I & II (Advanced C++)
• English I & II
• Western Civilization I & II
• American Literature I
• Principles of Macroeconomics
• Introduction to Sociology
• General Psychology

My current GPA is 4.0, and I have nearly two full years of coursework to transfer somewhere.

Now I'm in the process of trying to finish my applications to various schools that I want to apply to, and I'm finding it difficult to frame my life in a way that's going to make a school which has the major I'm interested in (Some form of undergraduate Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, etc) overlook my educational history.

While the grades I do have from High School are good, I never graduated as a result of North Carolina screwing me out of over a year of credits and wanting to me to restart as a Freshman when I should have been a junior. I have my GED, but as a result of never finishing, I never took the SAT's.

Unfortunately, many schools that have that major provide no exceptions for their SAT score requirement. It's amazing to me that they wouldn't consider nearly two full years of college level work a sufficient replacement for an aptitude test designed to predict how well you'll do in college.. but many don't.

I think I could do pretty well on the SAT's if I were to take them now, but it's too late in this application cycle to take the test and have scores sent by the deadline.. so, we'll see what happens.

As a consequence, the number of schools I'm applying to is narrowed down significantly, and the 'prestige' of schools that are willing to waive the requirement seems to be quite high.. meaning it's going to be significantly more difficult to gain admission. That is, if they're willing to overlook the fact that I don't fit the standard mold of a normal applicant.

There's a lot to do, but I'm going to get some sleep for now.