Can I get into Middlebury?

Applying to College
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<p>I don't want to go into too much detail about my extra-curricular and volunteering, but I will summarize it as:
3 years of varsity soccer and hockey (captain of both senior year)
3 years of Student government (senior president)
2 years of volunteering with the special Olympics and other special needs programs</p>

<p>There are many more minor things that I feel make me a very good candidate from an extra-curricular/activities stand point.</p>

<p>I also take the most rigorous course load at my school (which has for the past couple years sent at least one kid to Middlebury each year) including the IB Full Diploma program my junior and senior years.</p>

<p>My GPA is a 3.7 and my class rank is somewhere in the top 20% (but from my understanding colleges usually neglect this stat because there is no weighting at our school and last years valedictorian took a majority of CP classes)</p>

<p>And, I have a strong college essay that I have worked on all summer.</p>

<p>While this all seems to put me on track to give me a good chance to get into Middlebury, my SATs are 1950, which is at about the 25th percentile for midd students. I do have 2 700s on SAT IIs though (math 2 and chem)</p>

<p>If the admissions department thinks that I am a good enough candidate in all the other areas of my application, is it possible that they will look past my sub-par SAT scores? What are my chances?</p>

<p>I definitely want to apply ED because it is by far my favorite school, but from a strategic standpoint if there is a slim chance that I get accepted, is it still worth applying?</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>You must raise your SATs to 700s in each section to have a realistic chance, unless you are an athletic recruit or won national awards.</p>

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<p>What about other competitive LACs like Bates, Colby, Hamilton and Colgate</p>

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<p>I would think you would have a chance at a number of these other LACs. They all have holistic admissions. I believe Bates and Bowdoin are test optional? And Hamilton is flexible so if you have good AP or SAT II scores you could submit those instead. And while your scores do seem a bit low for Midd, if you really love it, you could try ED and then try EDII at one of the other slightly less selective colleges if the first choice doesn’t work out. I would also try one more time (with good preparation) to raise your SAT if you can.</p>