Bowdoin Chances

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi everybody. My intended major is Political Science. When answering my thread could you please put what school of the University I should apply to for that? Here is my information so far (I'm finishing up Junior year):</p>

<p>3.5 GPA (barring a huge increase/decrease in my 4th marking period).
1930 SATs (690-CR, 570-Math, 670-Writing)
31 ACTs (definitely retaking them, I hope to score more of a 34 or 35-ish grade this time, of course you can't predict those things)(35-English, 23-Math, 36-Reading, 28-Science)
High grades in English and History classes, decent grades in Science classes, and low grades in Math.</p>

<p>My current schedule is:
AP US History
Regents Algebra 2/Trigonometry
AP European History
Regents Chemistry
French 3R
AP English Language
And last semester I took Turbulent '60s (history of the 1960s).</p>

<p>Next year's schedule:
AP US Government
AP Macroeconomics
AP Psychology
AP English Literature
Advanced Human Anatomy
Health
Regents Pre-Calculus
Genocide and Human Rights
Finance
Media Literacy</p>

<p>I also have a wide range of extracurricular activities and have been a long term member of all clubs listed:
Political Forum
Literary Digest
Newspaper (National news editor)
Science Club
Bioethics Forum
Film Making Club
Model UN
Film Appreciation Club (president and co-founder)
Young Democrats (vice president and co-founder)
GOYA member (Greek Orthodox Youth of America)
I intend to begin helping at my church's soup kitchen.</p>

<p>I have written scholarship papers for:
The Profiles in Courage Contest (didn't win)
The Foreign Service Essay Contest (no word on that one yet)
The St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Contest (won my local contest)
I also won the US Army Reserve Junior Award.</p>

<p>I am certain that I will be able to get glowing letters of recommendation (not to sound arrogant).
I consider myself politically active (I want to major in Political Science) and my work with the Young Democrats will put a lot of events such as voter registration and rallies on my resume. I am currently working as the Youth Coordinator for a campaign for the NYS Assembly.</p>

<p>I am very good in certain subjects and I think I will have good final exams (including APs). Bowdoin is obviously not the only school I'm thinking about, but I think I should at least apply. I also know that they don't require the SAT when looking at applications. What do you guys think of my chances? Thanks.</p>

<p>Also: If it is a reach, would you say it is a high reach or a lower reach?</p>

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<p>Political Science major normally means you want to go to Law School.
If so, which Law School would be your target. Where do you want to live long term may influence your choice for Law School.
Then which undergrad program (non-ivy) gives you the best chance to your targeted law school.
That is how I would go about developing a list.</p>

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<p>Way off for Bowdoin. You need at least a 3.8 and a 2200 without a major hook which you don’t seem to have. </p>

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<p>bowdoin is the greatest school on earth, GO U BEARS. also @soze is wrong. you don’t NEED a 3.8/2200. admissions aren’t black and white. obviously, a higher gpa and better scores would give you a better chance but there’s always hope. good luck!</p>

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<p>I would stand by my contention that admits to Bowdoin that are below 3.8/2200 without hooks are very, very rare. So rare in fact that one could be on safe ground that saying that an unhooked applicant “needs” those scores.</p>