Carleton College Early Decision Admission Chances

<p>I loved Carleton College when I visited and plan on applying Early Decision I. It would be great if you could provide some insight into my chances of admission.</p>

<p>I go to the 2nd ranked public school in Massachusetts, and have a weighted GPA of 3.71 however this does not fully reflect my ability, as I broke my hip last year which negatively affected my grades ( I speak of this in the Common App). I have taken a pretty rigorous class load and have gotten A's and B's throughout. I am currently taking three science courses including AP Chem and being a teachers assistant for Biology.</p>

<p>My SAT scores are CR:690 M:700 W:670
My recommendations should be excellent and my essays are great as well. I interviewed with an alumni which went well.</p>

<p>Outside of school I am the captain of the cross country ski team, played soccer for three years (where i broke my hip) and have played frisbee for the past three years and will again. I work at a ski lodge in the winter, at an ice cream store year round, and as a overnight camp counselor for 7 weeks in the summer. I also participated in an elite engineering seminar last semester.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>I think you have decent chnaces if you ED and do not apply for FA.</p>

<p>Carleton is a great college.
Good luck to you.</p>

<p>I think the ED application will help you. Not sure about the comment regarding financial aid so I am not sure if that would hurt you in admissions.</p>

<p>I am sure you have already looked over everything but just in case here is some class profile info from Carleton literature that I happened to have right next to me!</p>

<p>Class 2014 Middle 50% Range SAT =1300-1490</p>

<p>The 2015 class profile looks to be the same so your score of 1390/1600 puts you in the mix and right in the middle of that pack.</p>

<p>Carleton is a neat place & a great school! Best of luck to you!</p>

<p>Also, you might want to post your question directly in the Carleton College forum.</p>