Chance me for Carroll?

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<p>So. Here we go. (I’ll try to make this easy on the eyes.)</p>

<p>APPLYING RD to CARROLL SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT:</p>

<p>Asian Female from central NY (sob.)
High income
Came to US when I was five, yay… I speak Chinese but never took the SAT II’s (this, I regret quite a bit.)</p>

<p>GPA: 3.86 unweighted</p>

<p>Classes (including senior year):
Hnrs Earth Science, AP Chemistry, AP Biology, AP Physics
Hnrs Algebra, Hnrs Geometry, Hnrs Algebra II, Hnrs PreCalc, AP Calc
Hnrs English 10, Hnrs English 11, AP Lit, AP Language (took the test, we don’t offer a class on it)
Global 9, AP World, AP U.S. History, Economics, Participation in Gov’t
Hnrs French III and IV, Hnrs Spanish II, III, and IV, AP French, AP Spanish,
Materials Chemistry, Electronics, Concert Choir, Select Choir</p>

<p>*Generally with my classes, I average mid-high 80’s (Science/Math) to mid-high90’s (English, Foreign Language, History)</p>

<p>SAT: Math 720, CR 680, Writing 710 - (Taken once—retaken in December.)
Chem: 640 (Ow.)
Math I: 700
French: 700
Spanish: 700</p>

<p>AP scores:
Chem - 4
World - 3
English Language - 5
Biology - 5
US History - 4</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars: Ballroom dance (Formation Team Dancer)
Karate (Brown/Red-belt, won 1st and 2nd on a DARE competition 2006 as a blue belt against black/brown belts ahaha burrrnnnn.)
NHS (Vice-pres)
Spanish NHS (Vice-pres)
French NHS (mere minion)
Student Senate
Math Team (I’m Asian. It’s a given.)
TATF - Teen AIDS Task Force (President)—we work in conjunction with AIDS Community Resources
Piano (Various awards, recognition whatnots—surprise! Another Asian prerequisite.)
Tai Chi Quan
Volunteering at Loretto Rehab
Yay, I’m your smiling Starbucks barista
Studied Spanish language and culture in Spain for a month in 2006</p>

<p>Awards & Misc:
High honor roll each marking period
AP Scholar w. Distinction
17th in NYS for National Spanish Contest Level 2
85th percentile nationally for Nation Spanish Contest Level 3 - Silver Award
Dual Language Award (School)
Faculty Staff Award (School)</p>

<p>Teacher Recs: 2—1, amazing from my Spanish/French prof. 2, very good from my English teacher.
Counselor Rec: She loves me and said she was “excited to write my rec” sooo… I assume really good.
I write a lot and people have told me my essays are well-written…</p>

<p>…so opinions would be nice :)</p>

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<p>yeah everything looks really good! SAT scores are right in BC's range, GPA is good, and definately shown a rigor in high school classes (those are the 3 most important chances)</p>

<p>you are a minority, have good e.c.'s so I think you have a very strong chance (80% chance IMO).</p>

<p>is BC your first choice? if not, what is? (i can try to chance you on that as well)</p>

<p>GOOD LUCK</p>

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<p>oh also, what was your class rank?</p>

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<p>Sigh.... we don't rank, it's kind of annoying. My counselor approximates top 10%, another one told me top 5%---class of 230ish, I believe.</p>

<p>I don't really have a first choice anymore, to be incredibly honest with you. I'm quite partial to Dartmouth and Johns Hopkins right now.</p>

<p>Also, as a minority, I'm Asian, which tends to be over-represented... i.e. if they compare me to other Asians (who generally test better than me) then I'm in trouble.</p>

<p>Oh, and question: Is the acceptance rate for Carroll different than the one for just BC? Is it factored into the given acceptance rate for BC? Or separate altogether? I tried googling it and got 12%, which doesn't sound right to me... but hey, what do I know...</p>

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<p>Hey, your stats look great and i would agree with ny0rker on about an 80% chance. where in CNY are you from?</p>

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<p>hahha I'm not sure about that, it is probably just about the regular admission rate for BC (20 or 30 percent something i believe) generally, It's not much harder to get into Carroll than into like the college of arts and sciences (if not the same)</p>

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<p>good chance. i never applied during high school, but i applied as a transfer and in terms of equivalency it over i had very similar stats and was accepted.</p>

<p>i think they accept roughly 3.8, 2100+</p>

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<p>@ Ny0rker</p>

<p>that's not true, i did a lot of research and carroll is their most selective school</p>

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<p>Well. That's convenient.</p>

<p>I guess applying can't hurt---although I would feel bad about making my parents pay 1000k in application/postage/css/test score-sending fees and then have myself be rejected. (Yaayyyy, college!) Though, if you're already paying so much, might as well add some extra reaches... who knows...</p>

<p>And yeah, I have heard that BC's business school is great.</p>