<p>Hey everyone! Well I am absolutely in LOVE with Scripps College! I applied Early Decision! HOWEVER, I also adore Barnard. I love the atmosphere filled with confident and strong young women. I find it a bit encouraging...knowing how much I've been through as a highschooler. I was wondering if anyone could possibly inform me on my chances for Scripps vs. Barnard.
My STATS:
GPA: 4.1 WEIGHTED
ACT score: 28 :( /1890 SAT SCORE
Extracurricular:
-Environmental Club Founder/ Campaign Adviser (Passionate about the environmental sciences and hope to continue studying this through college. Advocated for the natural preservation. Honored by US Congress for advocacy: received Silver Medal Congressional Award)
-President of Hospital Youth Volunteer Unit (Over 400 hours)
-Cross-country runner (over 500 hours)
-Track Runner (over 200 hours)
-Dancer (Ballet, Kathak)
-Scholastic Athletic Award
-Competes in city round meets </p>
<p>Hoping to study ENVIRONMENTAL sciences in both...what would you possibly think my chances are? :/ THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE!! i'm very nervous...</p>
<p>I have applied to a few other schools: Pitzer, Loyola Marymount, UChicago (reach), & Brown (reach)…along with 4 UC’S! </p>
<p>Are the ED field of applicants in Scripps SUPER competitive? I mean, I’m not sure how I would estimate my “level” with all the other girls applying…ahhh…idk how this will work out for me I’m so dead nervous. I feel like I may be weight-listed. </p>
<p>And crystalclearnow-- do you go to Scripps? </p>
<p>If any of you guys do attend a all girls…would you mind sharing your experiences with me? How is it? and why did you pick it?</p>
<p>The phrases people (like guidance counselors ) usually use to describe how good your odds are of getting in are:</p>
<p>Reach - You are stretching, your stats are low for these schools.
Match - You look to be on target in terms of your stats
Likely (or safety) - Odds are very good that you will get in</p>
<p>Within these, sometimes they are ranked as High or Low (so a High Match means you are in the range, but a little on the low side). A “Low Reach” is a little harder for you to get into than a “High Match”.</p>
<p>It is pretty subjective, though, for people who are giving your that feedback on a forum like this. Since almost no one on this forum actually works in the admissions offices for these colleges, those are guesses based on test score ranges, your GPA, and extra curricular descriptions.</p>
<p>Barnard is highly competitive because it is, although a strong school on its own merits, considered a back-door entry into the Ivy League since Barnard students can take classes at Columbia. Of course, Scripps gives you an entre into Pomona.
If you’re very liberal & want to be surrounded by “confident & strong young women” (to use your words), then Smith is another to consider–although it, unlike Barnard & Scripps, is truly a single-sex environment. If just seeking an atmosphere of “confident & strong young women” without being overly liberal, then Wellesley should be considered.</p>
<p>P.S. Your numbers, however, are low for Barnard & Wellesley.</p>
<p>U of Chicago is reputed to put a lot of weight on essays, but you have to have strong test scores and grades as well. They are on track for 30,000 applications this year… it is a high reach for everybody.</p>
<p>I don’t think the Environmental Science major makes a difference one way or another as long as the colleges you are applying to actually offer that major. :)</p>
<p>Don’t know for sure, but essays are important to UChicago if your numbers are solid = my best guess. But, unfortunately, your standardized test scores are low for Chicago. But why Chicago in light of your other targets ? Doesn’t make sense. Chicago undergrads are a bit different–maybe intellectual, maybe even a touch weird. Just doesn’t mesh with your other choices & your SAT scores.</p>
<p>OP: There are specific colleges & universities for those wishing to study environmental sciences. I’m tired now & cannot think of them, but you need to research that major as several schools will jump out at you. Good luck !</p>
<p>That’s what I’ve heard…but I really like UChicago for their english prog: I love writing as well. However, i’m not truly that interested in Uchicago</p>
<p>My top two are Scripps and Barnard, but both seem like a stretch for me! What would you say? </p>
<p>Are any of you in college? I wonder if ED helps in admission or not…</p>
<p>And I heard that picking majors that are less competitive means a slightly easier chance to get into the college, but I may have heard that wrong. Could somebody clarify this?</p>
<p>Axelrod, there are hundreds and hundreds of schools that offer that major (I bet every school my D visited this past two years had it). It is almost as common as biology… I would be very surprised if it is not the major list for every school the OP has on her list.</p>
<p>I’ve just heard that majors that aren’t as popular in some colleges, means a slightly easier chance into the college? I may have heard wrong, so could somebody clarify this? </p>
<p>Also, I know Uchicago is VERY different from my other picks, but I love writing as well. My essays have been really interesting, and I hope I can pull through with some of them. </p>
<p>HOWEVER, Scripps, Barnard, and Pitzer = my top schools. </p>
<p>All three of them look like a stretch though =/ any input?</p>
<p>Chicago’s essays are a pain in the neck. If you aren’t really interested, you may find it not worth the hassle.</p>
<p>You have gotten feedback already on Scripps and Barnard. Barnard is a reach, Scripps is a high match. Stop asking, it won’t change the answer. If your stats don’t change, the answer doesn’t change. :)</p>
<p>The ED admissions rate is a bit better at most schools. But at some schools, it is more motivated and more highly qualified students who apply then… so it is actually hard to tell whether an individual student is more likely to be admitted. So no one can tell you any more about that for Scripps, I think.</p>
<p>I think most colleges know that MANY students change majors once they are admitted. I think at most LACs like you have on your list, it honestly does not make a difference. It used to be that women may have gotten a slight advantage if they wanted to be in a STEM field (science/technology/engineering/math). I am not really sure that is true any more as women have entered those fields in greater numbers. And I think Environmental Science is considered a “soft science”, not really STEM, so probably would not give any edge.</p>
I’m so dead nervous. I feel like I may be weight-listed. </p>
) usually use to describe how good your odds are of getting in are:</p>