Hey! 
I’m a High School Senior who definitively wants to apply early decision to Bate College (and become a Batesie). I was accepted to and attended the Bates Prologue 1 Fly-In. I know the acceptance rate for ED1 to Bates is 47-50%, but I’m a little worried, so what are my chances with the fly-in these statistics?
Draws: Male, Low-Income, First Gen Asian Student from Texas with ADHD, participated in Bates Prologue 1 (which is good, right?) - is confirmed to speed-read (reads 2000+ Words per Minute).
GPA: UW - 3.32, W- 3.94, Top Quarter (23/99) at an extremely competitive Magnet School in my city - had a minor GPA drop Junior year but I can explain that through my CommonApp. My school is wholly dual credit and AP - we graduate with an associates degree in either Arts or Sciences at my local community colleges, so all my classes are either Dual Enrollment, Pre-AP, Honors, or AP - no regular classes at all.
APs: Taken all but one of the possible AP Classes offered at my school, didn’t take Stat.
National AP Scholar -
- 3 in AP World History
- 3 in AP European History
- 3 in AP US History
- 3 in AP Language
- 2 in AP Chemistry 
Senior Year Schedule: I have no AP classes, but all Dual Enrollment Classes to graduate with an associates.
First Semester Second Semester
Dual Enrollment Biology (BIO 1406) Dual Enrollment Astronomy (ASTR 1301)
Dual Enrollment Forms of Literature (ENGL 2343) Dual Enrollment English 4 (ENGL 1302)
Dual Enrollment U.S. Government (GOVT 2305) Dual Enrollment Texas Government (GOVT 2306)
Dual Enrollment Trigonometry (MATH 1316) Dual Enrollment Stat. Methods of Psychology (PSYC 2317)
Dual Enrollment Sociology (SOCI 1301) Dual Enrollment Art Appreciation (ARTS 1301)
Teen Leadership (Both Semesters)
Lab Assistant - Chemistry Off-Campus
SAT: This is the superscore - took the SAT twice. Not sure if I should submit these, since Bates is test-optional
- CR: 730
- Math: 660
- Writing: 550 (Does Bates consider writing heavily? This is the only thing holding back my SAT.)
Not taking the ACT, SAT IIs will be in November, and I’m not sure if I should submit my SATs in my application, since Bates is test optional.
ECs: I’m pretty heavily involved in ECs.
- Independently did research on personality theory(Jungian Cognitive Functions) for 4 years - used it to solve familial and in-school conflicts.
- Co-Captain of the Debate Team - judged debate tournaments at the request of the HUDL director, consistent clearing at tournaments, went to debate camps every summer, heavily involved within my Urban Debate League, coaching both my team and a middle school debate team as part of a Senior Capstone Project from my school.
- Teacher Assistant and Senior Fellow for the EMERGE Fellowship - HISD Chapter, after a rigorous selection process with only the top students in my school district entered. I participate within the program and I assist my Program Manager with teaching and assisting the Junior Fellows at my school about college, and college readiness, while independently helping out other seniors with the college admissions process. Participated in the EMERGE Future Scholars Institute, which was a 5 day program at Yale and Wesleyan, where we learned about college, participated in interviews, etc.
- 100 hours of volunteering - am a member of the school NHS along with being a Student Hero at the local Food Bank.
- Member of the School Prom Committee - helped organize and fundraise events
- A founding member of the school's Theater/Drama Club - prompter.
- Member of the School Chemistry Olympiad and the Robotics Club - took academic tests and did projects related to STEM fields, and a lab assistant for my chemistry teacher.
Letters of Recs; REALLY REALLY GOOD. I have one letter of Rec from the EMERGE Fellowship, two fantastic teacher recs (one from my debate coach and one from my Chemistry Teacher), and my counselor rec is probably going to be good too because of my impact on the school.
Essay: I think my essay is pretty strong, but with the help of my PM, I should be able to align my CommonApp. In terms of supplements, after visiting and falling in love with Bates, I think I should have no problem with that.
Interview: Did an on-campus interview, and it went really awesome! I’m pretty good with interviews, I guess, and I loved the conversational style of my interviewer. I really expressed why Bates was my first choice, and made sure that my interviewer knew about my desire to do Bates ED1 in the interview, and I met with the admissions counselors as well with the interview.
Is there anything I can do to just prepare me for the November 15th Deadline to maximize my chances? Please help, and thank you so much for looking at this, it really means a lot!