Chance me at Colby

international student - South Asia - Nepal
Type of high school - private - relatively large around 2k students in senior year
Gender/Race - male/Asian
first-generation to college, legacy, athlete, etc. - none/not a first-generation
Intended Major(s) - Computer Science and Data Science

GPA, Rank, and Test Scores
Unweighted HS GPA: freshman - 3.6, sophomore - 3.45, junior - 3.77, mid-year - 3.85, senior (haven’t given exams and the school doesn’t provide predicted) but thinking of providing pre-finals grade where I got a 3.8, no weighted GPA
Class Rank: Top 10%
ACT/SAT Scores: target of 1400+
TOEFL - 101

Coursework
Don’t have honors and APs in my high school so took whatever was available
Grade 9: Science, Maths, Computer Science, English, Social Studies, Optional Maths, Foreign Language: Nepali, Health Population and Environment Education
Grade 10: Science, Maths, Computer Science, English, Social Studies, Optional Maths, Foreign Language: Nepali, Health Population and Environment Education
Grade 11: Physics, Chemistry, Maths, English, Computer Science
Grade 12: Physics, Chemistry, Maths, English, Foreign Language: Nepali

Awards
recipient of a national level scholarship (this is pretty common tho)
second place or outstanding delegate at an international MUN
5th place in a state-level debate competition

Extracurriculars
yoga: have been doing it for 4 - 5 years, have taken the teachers training but don’t have the certificate which kinda means I am a teacher, took a month-long yoga training program in Haridwar from Patanjali University
dance: have been dancing for 4 years, 2 months in an academy, nothing I just practice on my own and I like to dance
MUN - have been doing MUN for 2 years, so far done 6 MUNs and have been awarded in 5 MUNs
teacher: taught this kid English for a month for free
school clubs: a member of literature and editor club, have done various poem, competition and other things with literature club and with editor have published several articles
public-speaking: taken training from best public speakers in Nepal, doing it for a year, and use to give/take workshops on public speaking every weekend before the pandemic
discord server (I’m not sure if this is an activity): made this server where a couple of school friends 10 do this weekly counseling session and we talk about various topics from mental health to pineapple on a pizza
podcast writer: I will be writing scripts for this podcast and also sometimes be the one who takes the podcast

I don’t think so. Too low gpa.

Good luck tho

wait what ? unweighted 3.8/4 (mid) 3.85/4 (predicted) and 3.7 - 3.9/4 (finals) is too low for colby ?

This is what you showed - based on this and a 1400 SAT, I’d say no.

I’m not admissions -it’s my opinion. You are certainly able to try.

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