<p>So, Hamilton is essentially everything I want in a college, (gorgeous location, open curriculum, nice facilities, reputation, alligator pit, etc. and the school is founded by the biggest financial badas* ever. HE IS THE MAN!) so I was wondering what my chances are? (Oh yeah, and my interview seemed to go quite well.)</p>
<p>White Male
Public School in VT which has sent kids to Harvard, Penn, Yale, Stanford, Dartmouth, Cornell, Wesleyan, Middlebury, Carleton, etc. in the years I've been here.
2/240 class rank (our valedictorian is brilliant)
4.08/4.33 unweighted (having taken the hardest classes)
SAT reasoning (from a single test date) CR-700 Writing-720 Math-780 (Comp 2200)
SAT 2's Math2- 800 US history-770
AP stats and US history scores both 5's (I'm now taking four more APs)
ECs:
9-12 Math League (President)
9-12 Student council (officer)
10-12 MUN (I've won numerous awards and gone overseas)
11-12 NHS-I've tutored kids to boost our school's standardized test scores
11-12 Varsity Tennis
11-12 Scholars' Bowl
I also work as a pharmacy technician
Awards:
MUN awards, RPI $60,000 scholarship, History awards, national Merit finalist (probably, because I scored in the 99th percentile)
Miscellaneous:
Did a summer course at Brown U. and also did Green Mt. Boy's State</p>
<p>As for my essay/ recs, I guess they're good; I don't really have a frame of reference. </p>
<p>I'm also applying to Hamilton. I think you will definitely get in.
I'm looking forward to meeting you next fall in Clinton.(Keeping my fingers crossed)
BTW, i'm an international applicant.</p>
<p>Hamilton College was actually founded by Samuel Kirkland to educate the local Oneidas. Alexander Hamilton consented to be a trustee and to the use of his name. </p>
<p>You have stellar chances, but I have a question. How in the HECK do you have a 4.08/4.33 UW? What scale are you on? 'Cause in my school, we can't get higher than a 4.0 UW, and a 5.0 W.
You make me scared for my chances of admittance. D=</p>
<p>Our system is unique, so far as I know. What we do is this- an F is counted as 0, and a D- is a 2/3 (.666). Everything above that it an increment of 1/3 (.333) higher. So, a D is a 1, a D+ is a 1.333, a C- is a 1.666, and so on until you arrive at an A+, which is a 4.333 by that system.
We simply don't weight grades, which is sometimes problematic. For example, the girl who was our "valedictorian" last year had never taken an honors or AP math or science class. If we weighted grades, she would have been much lower. Everyone was really unhappy when she got into Yale, needless to say.</p>
<p>oh yeah, and Pan Xie, of course I'm applying to other schools- while my chances are good, it's not a sure thing by any stretch of the imagination. And frankly, Hamilton seems to have a grudge against my high school. We send them plenty of qualified kids and they reject every single one of them. That could happen to me.</p>