cas chances

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<p>I'm a girl from a competitive new england private school (probably about 20-25 % of each graduating class goes to Ivy league schools, plus other top schools too...)
Applying ED to CAS, intending to major in Classics</p>

<p>current courses:
-ap calc a/b
-ap euro history
-ap english
-ap latin
-french v
....i took all possible honors/aps in 9th, 10th, and 11th grade</p>

<p>gpa: 3.75 unweighted (my school doesn't rank or weight GPAs)
ACT: 33 composite (33 eng/math/reading, 28 science)
SAT: 2100 composite (670CR, 670M, 760W) but not sending it because my SAT IIs weren't great
AP: US History 4</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
-president, Athletic Association
-president, Peer Tutoring
-founder/co-president, Young Democrats & Republicans
-Field Hockey, 3 varsity letters
-Lacrosse, 2 varsity letters
-Ice Hockey, 4 varsity letters
-Ambassadors Club
-Handbells Choir
-Photography
(I've done all of them for all 4 years, except Athletic Association)</p>

<p>Awards:
-2008 Academic All-American, Field Hockey
-National Latin Exam (Level 1-1st place, Level 2-4th place, Level 3-2nd place)
-National History Day (1st place, school division)</p>

<p>I had an alumni interview which went really well and did the optional p.217 essay... Not a legacy, not applying for financial aid.</p>

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<p>-2008 Academic All-American, Field Hockey</p>

<p>Is that the nationwide team?
If it is I say you are probably in. If not it is going to be a reach.</p>

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<p>ya it is. but it’s academic all-american, so only students with a 3.5 gpa or higher are considered (so not as impressive athletically as regular all-american). I’m not trying to play varsity fh in college.</p>

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<p>Hard to say. Your science ACT score is a bit low. Do you know what your class’s mean GPA is? You have a good chance, I would say, not “in” or “out,” but somewhere in the middle.</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t worry about your science ACT score I’m pretty sure I got a 24 on that and still got in…they care more about the overall score and yours is fine</p>

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<p>thanks, good to know about the science… I took it again in october, so hopefully I did a little better in that section. </p>

<p>as for mean gpa, I’m not sure, but I’d say I’m atleast in the top 20%. I know that only one student has a 4.0</p>