Chance Me? ED II

Colleges and Universities A-Z Smith College
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SAT:
superscore is 1410
math is 670
english is 740

Weighted GPA (out of 4.8):
4.24
(not sure what my unweighted is - probably somewhere around a 3.9?)

Rank:
My school doesn’t rank

AP (place score in parenthesis):
10th grade
Euro - 4

11th grade
APUSH - 4
Calc - 2
Lang - 4

12th grade
Psych
Stats
Spanish 5
Lit

Senior Year Course Load:
AP Psych
AP Stats
AP Spanish 5
AP Lit
Honors environmental science
VHS course
Peer Team (leadership class taking place of gym)

Awards (these are school ones)
9th - Top Scholar
10th - Technology (photography)
11th - Smith Book Award, History Award

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
G.S.A. (president 11th and 12th)
Peer Team
R.E.V. (“register, educate, vote” cofounder)
Y.E.S. Club (Environmental club)
Echo - School Newspaper (Arts and Living Editor)
NHS

Job/Work Experience:
I’ve worked as a babysitter and as a makeup artist.

Volunteer/Community service:

  1. I worked at an animal sanctuary for two weeks this past summer.

Summer Activities:

  1. I went to Girl’s State for MA which is like mock government for a week.

Essays (rating 1-10, details):
common app: I wrote about beauty and how I express it. It was mostly centered on GSA but I also talked about makeup and imagination. Based on what others have said I would say it’s a 7 or 8?
smith movie: Mamma Mia

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1:
My AP Calc teacher. Although I got a two, I did very well in his class and he wrote me a great rec. I would say it’s an 8 or a 9.
Teacher Rec #2:
Spanish teacher that I’ve had since seventh grade. She knows me very well and apparently writes greats recs, so I would say 9 or 10.
Counselor Rec:
We have had pretty good interactions, but she doesn’t know me super well. We use parent info and my parents and I have a great relationship so I would say it’s an 8?
Interview:
I was a little nervous but I think I got to make most of the points I wanted. Probably an 8.

Applied for Financial Aid?:
yes

Intended Major:
Art history, history

State (if domestic applicant):
MA

School Type:
Very small public school

Ethnicity:
White

Gender:
Female

Income Bracket:
not really sure tbh? probably low

Strengths:
Writing? I would call myself a pretty good writer. Also I have some relatives who work there and have worked there before.

Weaknesses:
I don’t have a whole lot of community service, but I think my other activities make up for it.

General Comments:
I’m just really nervous and dreading opening the decision!

Thank you to anyone who looks / replies !! :slight_smile:

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My daughter had very similar stats 1450 SAT. 4.25 GPA 8 ap’s , from MA and needed a good amount of financial aid, and she got wait listed. This was two years ago, I think they took about 65 off last years wait list though. She is very happy at Mount Holyoke, and got a good financial aid package.

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Good to know! Did she do ED 2 or RD? And I love Mount Holyoke! Glad to hear she’s enjoying it there

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She did regular decision.
She applied ED to Colby and got deferred, and since she had been accepted into her safety early action, didn’t use her ED 2. We were comfortable she didn’t need to use her ED2 on Mount Holyoke, She was hoping for Merit, which she did get. But I think Mount Holyoke is not going to be as easy this coming year. They over enrolled last year, and moved up in the US News rankings from 36 to 30 and up in the WSJ/THE college rankings to 65. I would guess their admission rate will go down quite a bit this year. also because all the Woman’s colleges are popular now.
My daughter thinks if she really wanted to go to Smith, and accepted the wait list spot she may have gotten in, we will never know. She accepted a wait list spot at Hamilton, but once she got on the accepted students face book page for Mount Holyoke, made friends and picked a room mate, there was no looking back. Good Luck, I know it took a lot of work to achieve those accomplishments.

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Going ED was a good decision. Whereas you might have been waitlisted RD, I think you have a better shot ED2. Good luck!

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