<p>White/African american Male
Texas
Small, ultra competitive public school(graduating class of 71)
GPA : 3.5/3.4/4 unweighted</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
-Junior Statesman of America(10-12)
-Quaker Gathering(monthly) (9-12)
-Model UN (10-12)
-Theatre(9)
-Cycling Team(9-12)
-Crosscountry(10-12)
-Service Club(12)(founding member)
-Student Council(12)
-Book Club(12)(founding member)
-Puzzle Club(12(founding member)
-International Club(11-12)(founding member)
-Worldquest(11-12)(only open to juniors/seniors)
-I'm sure I'm missing a couple</p>
<p>Achievements:
-Vice President, JSA
-Vice President, Student Council
-Captain(Varsity), cycling team
-Captain(Varsity), crosscountry
-Head Delegate, model UN
-Leader, South Central Quaker teens</p>
<p>OTHER:
-Following hurricanes Katrina and Rita, I organized a local charity benefit concert that raised 2800 dollars for evacuees
-With a friend, a run a small local business which custom builds computers for locals. Current profits are about 1500dollars, total revenue is about 10,000.</p>
<p>APs taken/planning on taking
Psychology(4)(learned on my own)
US History(5)
World History(4)
Euro History(4)
Physics(3)(learned on my own)
English composition(4)
Taking senior year:
Microeconomics
Macroeconomics(learning on my own)
US Government
Comparative Government(learning on my own)
English 4
Calculus
Statistics
Biology
Environmental Science
Chemistry
SAT REASONING: 2310
800 Verbal
730 Math
780 Writing
SAT Subject tests:
700 Physics
680 US history</p>
<p>Basically, I'm wondering if my extracurriculars+essay+SAT can outweigh my low gpa.</p>
<p>This link is to a series done by the NYTs a few years ago evaluating athletic recruiting at LACs. It follows several applicants through the process at HC. It can give you an estimate of your chances and insight into admissions as applicants were forthcoming with their gpa/sats, ect... </p>
<p>awh Dude- Your application has a lot of merit. In addition, you’re from Tx, you’re a guy and also a Quaker. Those will all work in your favor. However, given what was written in the NYT series and in my experience, “you have a good shot” is all anyone can truthfully say. The good thing is that HC looks well beyond GPA and scores… makes admissions less predictable but, at the same time, you can be sure that, if you go to HC, your classmates will be very accomplished and with a diversity of interesting life experiences.</p>
<p>I come from an alternative school/history. I tried to convey this as best as possible in my essays and my school profile + recs should corroborate this information. I'm just worried that in the run around of ED admissions this might be overlooked. For example, my school was so small it did not offer French, a personal passion. I studied on my own and got a 680 on the SAT II. Do you think Hav. will take an insightful, balanced and careful look at my complicated and unusual application?</p>
<p>hey froghorn,
I come from an extremely small/alternative school as well, but I applied ED as well, and I believe that Haverford has the insight to recognize both the advantages and disadvantages, and not immediately weed out an applicant for an alternative education.</p>
<p>You can extrapolate your answers from the following articles.</p>
<p>NYT Series</p>
<p>1) In Winnowing the Candidates at Haverford, Every Little Thing Counts </p>
<p>"...A top coach's ranking gave a similar boost to another candidate who had taught herself sign language and who had worked with deaf students. Another applicant was considered the best soprano in her state. Another was a talented writer, something Kannerstein determined by typing the applicant's name into an Internet search engine, revealing articles that he had written for his school newspaper..."</p>
<p>2) Admissions and the Cold Slap of Rejection</p>
<p>"...One athlete was rejected for having received two C's in the first semester this year. Another was rejected in part because two of the five required SAT scores were below 600, although the 650 average was in the acceptable range. Another athlete had a 3.9 G.P.A. But the admissions officers discovered that the applicant's high school grading scale extended to 5, not 4, which meant rejection. Another athlete had good credentials (A-minus average and 1,310 SAT) but few activities or apparent interests besides sports. That troubled the committee and led to a rejection... Another top athlete was first in her class and had taken demanding courses at an urban high school that rarely sends students to Haverford. That intrigued Jess Lord, the dean of admissions..."</p>