Chance me for Brown and LACs

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>SAT: 780M 740CR 800W
ACT: 35, 9 on Writing</p>

<p>Somewhat competitive suburban public HS (sends top 1-2% to Ivies or comparable schools)
UW GPA: 3.86
Weighted GPA: 4.62
Class rank: 4/~300, so top 2%
No notable upwards/downwards trend in grades
Course Load: hardest possible, will have taken six APs by graduation (school offers ~10, about ~8 in core classes)
APs: Junior Year AP U.S. History and AP English Language
Senior Year AP Psychology, AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, and AP English Literature</p>

<p>ECs:
Varsity Scholastic Bowl team member (since freshman year, possibly captain next year)
Literary Magazine Co-editor (everybody is called an editor...)
Anime Club member (probably officer next year)
Environmental Club member (no leadership positions available)
Club Ed Treasurer (in name only, but will try to rectify that next year)
Volunteer at local cat shelter, ~130 hours
Seasonal job at Halloween store during junior year
Saturday Morning Physics student at Fermilab</p>

<p>Summer Work
2008:
Leadership Camp at nearby college
Computer Science camp at college
2009:
Taking Fiction Writing class (for credit, nominally) at nearby college
Volunteer at religious summer camp
Sign Language course at Park District (probably doesn't matter but whatever...)</p>

<p>Honors:
National Honors Society Member
French Honors Society Member
Pi Memorizing Contest- First Place (sophomore year)
Literary Festival Honorable Mention x2: Descriptive Sketch (within school athletic conference)
(Probably) National Merit Finalist</p>

<p>Interested primarily in Brown, Carleton, Grinnell, Oberlin, Pomona, Vassar, and Wesleyan. (I do have safeties, but am confident that they are in fact safeties, and thus do now need chancing.)</p>

<p>Prospective English major</p>

<p>Should have good teacher recs</p>

<p>I know that I lack leadership positions in my extracurriculars and am trying to work on this. Thoughts?</p>

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<p>I think you have great chances to get into most of these schools. Your grades, gpa, and scores all are up to par, and you have good EC’s. The leadership thing seems to be coming with some club leadership positions you will have next year too. Here’s how I see your chances:</p>

<p>Brown- Low/Mid Reach
Carleton-High Match/Low Reach
Grinnell-Match
Oberlin-Match
Pomona-High Match/Low Reach
Vassar-Match
Wesleyan-Match</p>

<p>Could you chance me? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/739446-chances-colgate-nd-bc.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/739446-chances-colgate-nd-bc.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Off front page. Bump.</p>

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<p>I think you have a great chance at all of these colleges (all of them I would consider low-reaches at worst). If Brown is your first choice, you might consider applying ED.</p>

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<p>man i thought i was a strong canidate for BROWN ED until I saw your thread. you have a very strong case everywhere and have done a good job at focusing on enough EC’s. we both know your test scores and GPA speak for themselves if not in at Brown I’d be suprised if you didnt get into atleast Carleton or Pomona</p>

<p>please return the favor
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/739793-quick-brown-2014-chances-need-advice-over-whether-bother-ed-not.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/739793-quick-brown-2014-chances-need-advice-over-whether-bother-ed-not.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks for the advice. Off front page bump.</p>

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<p>Off front page bump.</p>

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<p>Brown- A good chance, but with 14% admissions (according to collegeboard.com)- its kind of unpredictable.
Carleton, Grinnell, Oberlin, Pomona, Vassar, and Wesleyan- I would be surprised if you didn’t get into several of those schools.
Good luck!</p>

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<p>… bump …</p>

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<p>Bump. I’ll chance back.</p>