Chance Me for Bryn Mawr

Colleges and Universities A-Z Bryn Mawr College
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State: IL
GPA: weighted- 3.3/4.0 (mostly B’s)
haven’t taken SAT yet (predicting 28-30)
No class rank at my school, I go to a top high school in my state
Freshman yr: Bio reg, French 2, English 1 Honors, Geo reg, World History Honors
Sophomore: Chem reg, French 3 Honors, English 2 Honors, Alg 2 w/ Trig reg, AP Euro
Junior (this year): Physics Honors, French 4 Honors, AP English Lang, Pre-Calc reg, AP US History
Senior (what I plan to take): AP Bio, French 5 Honors (my school doesn’t have AP French), AP English Literature, AP Calc AB or AP Stat, independent study under my old AP Euro teacher

EC:
Student Council: class rep (Freshman), Secretary/Treasurer (Sophomore), Junior student liaison (Junior), student liaison (Senior - it’s an inherited position)
French Club: all 4 years (sophomore-senior: secretary and treasurer)
Orchestra: since 4th grade; Chamber orchestra (Freshman), Concert Orchestra and Honors Orchestra (Sophomore-Senior); I spend about 15-17 hours on orchestra per week
Job: McDonalds crew member; 18 hours a week (Junior year-present)

Other: I’m a black girl from a single-parent home, lower-middle class, and I live in a house built by Habitat for Humanity. However, I do live in a town of about 27,000 people, 85% white and upper-middle class.

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Hi–It’s almost impossible to say. Your GPA is probably a little low for Bryn Mawr, but it’s impossible to say. BMC doesn’t report average GPA on its common data set. Others have estimated that the GPA BMC usually takes is around 3.8. But that’s an estimate from outside of BMC. We don’t really know what they take for GPA.

See if you can pull up your SAT score. (I think you mean ACT for that range . . . but I’m going on the SAT equivalent). While BMC is test optional, for that to work well for an applicant, that person would need to show strength in the rest of their application. Your GPA is on the low side currently. You are a junior and can still pull up that GPA if you focus on that goal, perhaps.

Your ECs are great.

Maybe work on really pulling up your GPA and really practicing your SAT.

Best wishes