Chance me for Barnard?

<p>I'm sure these are annoying, but I'm really lost about what my chances are…</p>

<p>I'm a first year university student in Canada hoping to transfer to Barnard College for next year.</p>

<p>Final HS average: 96.5% (1/360 students at a Canadian public high school, not IB)
My grades for 9th and 10th grades are not great. My averages were 82 and 87 respectively. I also didn't take math for the last year of high school.</p>

<p>Awards:
- English award for every year of high school, Governor General's Academic Medal for highest average in high school at graduation, high school music award (other subject awards as well)</p>

<p>ECs:
- Red Cross Council co-chair (organized a bunch of events/fundraisers over two years)
- community organizing leader for Toronto Environmental Alliance
- flute for 9 years
- cross country running for 11 years (no major accomplishments, just went to city finals)
- 3 month human rights writing internship with South American NGO
- founder of local bike repair business, organized effort to donate money to bike camp I worked at to get underprivileged kids/girls biking
- research assistant at University of Toronto over the summer, helped profs with research about effects of pharma industry on medical diagnoses (name will hopefully be on published paper)
- poetry published, a few magazine articles published (nowhere major)
- magazine column with Guatemalan human rights magazine, write about women's issues/my own traveling experiences and stories
- exec for a few human rights clubs at my school</p>

<p>current GPA: 4.0</p>

<p>I'll have to write the SATs this year so I don't know what my scores will be.</p>

<p>Anyways, if anyone can give me advice about how I can improve my application or anything…I'm just really confused</p>

<p>Good ECs and good final average in high school…schools often look for positive trends in GPA anyway. Definitely interview if you can. A good friend of mine is a student at Barnard now and I am fairly certain her interview helped her show them the ‘intangibles,’ if you will. SAT will need to be above 2000, preferably 2100 if possible. My advice would be to highlight your ECs as much as possible. Show them that you are passionate. Good luck! </p>