<p>Hi -
I'm a white male junior at a very prestigious PUBLIC high school in Connecticut. I take hard classes (3 APs this year and planning on 4 next year, plus plenty of honors classes in all four years), and I consider myself to have fairly strong ECs. Could anyone chance me for Bowdoin College Early Decision? I will chance back!</p>
<p>I woke up kind of late, and as a result did not do as well as I would have liked freshman and sophomore year. I didn't do poorly, but just not well for the schools I'm looking. These are my WEIGHTED GPAs for each year:
Freshman GPA: 3.60
Sophmore: 3.67
Junior year I'm really starting to try, and for the first semester I have a 4.1 weighted. I can maintain this for the whole year. My AP classes are:
AP Calculus AB
AP Biology
AP Economics (Macro and Micro)
I'll take four AP exams in the spring (there's one for micro and one for macro), and most likely do well on them. I'll say 5 on bio, 5 on micro, 4 on macro, and 4 on AB Calc
Senior year I will probably have about the same gpa as junior year (first quarter grades). My planned APs are:
AP Multi AB
AP Chem
AP Physics C
AP Stat or AP World History</p>
<p>ACT Score:
Science 35
Reading 36
English 33
Math 34
Composite 35</p>
<p>SATIIs:
Taking Math 2 in the spring, will do well.
Taking either Bio or Physics, whichever i feel i can do better on. </p>
<p>I will have very strong teacher recs; I have great relationships with two teachers I intend on asking. My essay will be strong, as there is a huge college counseling business in my town that can help a ton with essay writing. My ECs are:
-President of Kindness Club, essentially visiting 2nd grade classrooms and trying to instill a sense of kindness and awareness of all people
-Town Youth Commission, group of about 12 high school students making executive decisions for the town on a variety of topics
-Town Kindness Project, similar to Kindness Club, but on more of a town wide scale. Hoping to be president by senior year. All three of the previous listings tie in very closely so I am hoping this is my strong involvement in the community
-Work 6 hours a week in the fall (10th, 11th, and assuming 12th grade) at a Tennis Club
-3 Years varsity lacrosse
-Lacrosse volunteer at Coach's youth clinics (40 hours total, 10th, 11th, 12th grade)
-Offseason Lacrosse Conditioning (4 hours/week 9th and 10th grade, 2 hours/week 11th/12th grade)
-Scholar Athlete of the Week for lacrosse
-Elite summer lacrosse travel team (10th, 11th, 12th)
-Service League (60 hours by the time I graduate)
-Tutoring in inner city (10th grade fall, sophomore summer, 11th grade fall, assuming junior summer and 12th grade fall) (3 hours/week)
-Service Trip to Ecuador (I know colleges see that kids do this to look good on resume, but I got selected as an ambassador to the program so that's good I think)
-Intern at a lab at Harvard Medical School Junior Summer (cousin is a prominent researcher there, managed to get me a spot for this upcoming summer)
-National Spanish Exam 9th grade honorable mention (will take again in spring this year)
-Second Honors 9th grade
-First Honors (10th) (assuming 11th, and 12th) </p>
<p>I am probably missing some stuff, but this is all I can think of. Is this a good list of ECs? Any suggestions as to how to make it stronger if not? </p>
<p>Finally, do you think my freshman and soph years will screw me in the college process? Or will a strong Junior and Senior year + great scores compensate for that? Thanks to everyone who answers, I will for sure chance back!</p>
