<p>I am a high school student graduating in the year 2012, from Alaska.
GPA: 3.9, National Honors Society
SAT scores:
math: 670
reading: 660
writing: 630</p>
<p>AP classes: biology, calculus, english lang/comp, lit, psych, bc calculus.</p>
<p>I am a debater in both PF and policy debate</p>
<p>A three time varsity letter...er in tennis (as well as third in state freshman year, second in state sophomore year, third in state again junior year in girls doubles)
Varsity soccer freshman year</p>
<p>student govt, student body parlimentarian.</p>
<p>Participated in Science Olympiad and won first place in Disease Detectives, second in microbiology.
Mentorship experience in Pathology/phlebotomy/Hematology/Blood Bank/microbiology lab.</p>
<p>Active participant in Mu Alpha Theta, math tutoring on weekends, as well as helping in Pennies for Peace charity.</p>
<p>First chair clarinetist in school symphonic band, Ive also taken piano for 11 years and participate in the Pit orchestra for school musicals.</p>
<p>I am fluent in Japanese, English, and have three years experience in Spanish.</p>
<p>Does anybody think I have a shot at getting into either Bowdoin or Amherst College?
Thank you for taking the time to look over this for me!</p>
<p>Yes, I think you have a shot.<br>
Your SATs are a little low for these schools, but I think they’ll find you an interesting applicant. </p>
<p>There are many less selective schools with similar characteristics. Look at the US News LAC rankings, #20-#40 or so, for “match” schools.</p>
<p>If you’re Asian, that’ll increase your chances.</p>
<p>You might want to raise your SAT scores for Bowdoin and Amherst.</p>
<p>What would be the recommended score?</p>
<p>also, what would you say would be a safe range to aim for? i know my first choice is Amherst with an acceptance rate of 16%, but I am also thinking of applying to Colorado College (32%) and Willamette (59%). How important are SAT scores for these colleges??</p>
<p>Julia25 - for Amherst and Bowdoin, I would say 2200+ is a good safe range (a little higher for Amherst), but unhooked people do get into both with lower scores. I got into Bowdoin with a 2230, and was waitlisted at Amherst (did not pursue). However, I know a lot of the lower scores of these schools are URMs, legacies, recruited athletes, etc. I have no idea about CC or Williamette.</p>
<p>hmmm darn… well I think I can get a higher score on the SATs now that I have a feel for what they are like. Thank you everyone for the input! :)</p>