Bates College Chance!!!

Chance Me / Match Me!
1

<p>Here's all my info. </p>

<p>I WILL NOT BE SENDING MY TEST SCORES.</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>GPA (out of 4):
-3.75 UW / 3.92 W</p>

<p>Rank:
-19 out of 180 (top 11%)</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load:
-AP Government
-AP Physics C: Mechanics
-AP Literature
-AP Calculus BC
-World Religions
-Teacher Aide
-Television Media Design</p>

<p>Grades:</p>

<p>Gradual incline in grades over each semester:
1st sem fresh: 3 B's
2nd sem fresh: 2 b's
(had a rough time transitioning)
1st sem soph: 2 b's
2nd sem soph: 1 b
1st sem jr: 1 b
2nd sem jr: straight A's</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
-School Service (selected member)
-Lit Magazine Editor and Web Master
-Founded a tutoring service for my school.
-Spanish honor society secretary
-Graphic Designer for California Scholarship Federation
-Lead Script Writer/Director for schools TV News
-NEHS member
-Founded organization to help raise funds for struggling seniors by hosting video game tournaments</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience:
-Independent Tutor for Biology, Chemistry, and Spanish.
-Tutor freshman every morning for an hour for the past 2 1/2 years</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service:
-read to elementary kids in local schools</p>

<p>Summer Activities:
-volunteered tutoring underserved kids at local elementary school ( 6 hours 5 weeks )</p>

<p>Essays:
-Common App = a real representation of myself in a paper, probably 9/10</p>

<p>Teacher Recommendations:
-Junior chem teacher: talked with him alot about my interest and had a great grade in his class. He knows me very well and visited his classroom almost every other weekend to study.
-Sophomore world history teacher: was engaged in the class and have a deep interest in international studies</p>

<p>Interview:
-will do one. very good in them.</p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid?:
-Yes
Intended Major:
-Economics and International Studies</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant):
-California
School Type:
-Private
Ethnicity:
-Asian
Gender:
-Male
Income Bracket:
-Middle Class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
-none</p>

2

<p>Can anyone out there give a chance? I’m debating whether to apply due to financial reasons. Only would apply if I can realistically get it.</p>

3

<p>I sincerely need a chance. </p>

<p>Do I even have a shot?</p>

4

<p>I’m honestly not very familiar with Bates, so I’m probably not the best source for this, but I did promise chance-backs…</p>

<p>From what I can see on College Board, About.com, etc Bates puts a lot of weight into grades and rigor. Although progression is great, your grades seem a bit low for Bates. However, your 4 APs senior year show a rigorous courseload, so that’s good for your chances, so if you are truly interested in Bates, have demonstrated interest by visiting or something, and interview well, it’s worth a shot. In CC Chance Me jargon, I’d put it at a low reach.</p>

5

<p>It’s gonna be tough, but as long as your essays were fantastic you definitely have a chance. Gonna put it at a low reach as well</p>

6

<p>Your GPA could hurt you, but you’ve shown improvement which is good. You have a rigorous course load too, but the lack of extracurriculars doesn’t provide any excuse for not doing exceptionally in all of the classes. Maybe you should take SAT/ACT and submit the scores? If you do well it could really help you. Either way, I still think you have a chance. :)</p>