advice on colleges?

<p>Martin I believe I have some right to disagree with you. :P
Mate, did you notice how many people from the 12th grade had a GPA higher than 5.50 during the graduation "party"?
I'd say, in our school it' easy to get a 5, but pretty hard to get a 6. So those GPAs of 4 (= 6 in BG) are really hard-earned victories. Well, not hard-earned for people who do nothing but study...</p>

<p>Well,
I have graduated last year and from my experience around 24 out of 26 ppl in my class had 6's</p>

<p>ok.
i guess it is my mistake.</p>

<p>now that i have really calculated the relation, i'd say the percentage is 50%.</p>

<p>i do not worry as this means that martin is also wrong. the people with 6 were definitely less than 24, i'd say they were around 12. </p>

<p>(i am finally into these typical discussions of CC! yey yey! we can go like that forever, marto.)</p>

<p>Nirmala did u decided upon ur final list of colleges ?</p>

<p>"Middlebury is highly selective, with admissions decisions based on high school records, STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES, recommendations, extracurricular involvement, and student writing..."</p>

<p>Hermione<em>is</em>me u r totally wrong. Although Middl dont put so much emphasis on SAT II it is highly advisable to submit SAT1, and a lower score will hurt u down. Also, having in mind the fact that Middlebury College is among the only 6 US schools which are still need-based (along with Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT and Williams College) and cover ur every expenses, reducing ur family contribution to a plain ticket, the competition for this school is more than horrible. </p>

<p>PS: also in case u have forgotten:</p>

<ol>
<li><p>Williams College(MA) </p></li>
<li><p>Amherst College(MA) </p></li>
<li><p>Swarthmore College(PA) </p></li>
</ol>

<h2>4. Wellesley College(MA) </h2>

<h2>5. Middlebury College(VT) </h2>

<ol>
<li><p>Wesleyan University(CT) </p></li>
<li><p>Colby College(ME) </p></li>
<li><p>Trinity College(CT) </p></li>
<li><p>Lafayette College(PA) </p></li>
</ol>

<p>and so on and so on</p>

<p>Nirmala please be on time tonight :)</p>

<p>sth more about Middlebury College:</p>

<p>Following are the schools with the lowest acceptance rates, making them the nation's most competitive in terms of admissions.</p>

<p>Juilliard School (NY) 5%
Harvard University (MA) 9%
Yale University (CT) 10%
Princeton University (NJ) 11%
Stanford University (CA) 12%
Columbia University (NY) 13%
Brown University (RI) 15%
Dartmouth College (NH) 17%
Amherst College (MA) 19%
Washington University in St. Louis 19%
Williams College (MA) 19%
Pomona College (CA) 19%
California Institute of Technology 20%
University of Pennsylvania 21%
Claremont McKenna College (CA) 21%
Georgetown University (DC) 22%
Swarthmore College (PA) 22%
Middlebury College (VT) 24%
etc</p>

<p>hmmmm, Nirmala u have swimming (3 years) on ur EC's list. We may go to the local swimming pool sometimes...</p>

<p>Hehe, Marti, I can sense that you are subtly promoting Middlebury. :P</p>

<p>Aren't MIT and Deep Springs College missing from that list?</p>

<p>Yes i left some schools out, this is the whole list:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/webex/lowacc_brief.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/webex/lowacc_brief.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>