Chance me for Colgate!!!!

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Hi! I am a rising senior who is planning on applying to Colgate, UIUC, Villanova, Bryn Mawr, Lehigh, UWash, U Florida, UMaryland, GWU, and Syracuse. I would like some input as to whether or not I have a good shot at getting in. I can also use some suggestions for other schools :slight_smile: thank you so much.

GPA: weighted- 3.96
(school doesn’t calculate unweighted gpa)
Top 25% of class (don’t know rank yet)

Freshman Year
English I H: A-
World History H: A-
Algebra II/Trig H: B
French II H: A-
Earth Science CP: B
PE: A- and Health: A
Wind Ensemble H: A+
(semester courses): Digital Media: A /Financial Literacy: B+

Sophomore Year
English II H: B+
US History I H: B
Psychology: A-
Pre Calculus H: B-
French III H: A-
Biology CP: A-
PE: A and Health: A-
Wind Ensemble H: A+

Junior Year
English III H: A-
US II H: B+
AP Psych: A-, 5
AP Calc AB: C+ (let’s not talk about the exam…)
French IV H: A-
Chemistry CP: A-
PE: A+ and Health: A-
Wind Ensemble H: A+

Senior year schedule:
AP biology, AP environmental science, AP statistics
English honors, Anatomy honors, Physiology honors, marketing, wind ensemble

ACT: 28 (English- 33, math- 28, reading- 25, science- 24, writing- 29)

SAT with writing: single score of 1990 with essay score of 11

Athletics: Varsity golf (Captain) → 3 years, Varsity winter track → 3 years
Participated in local golf tournaments (8th place overall)

American Red Cross Babysitting certification and American Red Cross First aid certification

Community service (total of 100+ hours):

Volunteer at a private gifted talented elementary school (teacher assistant, took care of after care), (60+ hours)
Volunteer at church (50 +hours)
Interact Club (20+ hours)

Started over this summer (other community service): (don’t know how many hours…)
volunteer at medical center
volunteer at art school
volunteer at a camp for children with disabilities (only 2 weeks)

Jobs:
had part time job at bakery during sophomore year
part time job at a thrift shop over the summer right now
teacher assistant at a learning center
tutor (70 hours)
babysitter (30 hours)

Clubs:

Student Council Treasurer (2 years)
Head of Autism Committee (2 years)
Vice President of Tri M Honor Society
Psychology Club
Interact Club
Taster’s Guild Club
National Honor Society
National French Honor Society

Awards: President’s Service bronze award, international art contest semifinalist, and Honor Roll at school

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You have done many chance threads so you know from the other responses that your GPA, SAT, and ACT are low for the competitive schools that are not test optional. You also know that you have no safety as you are OOS for all the public schools on your list. While you have a long list of ECs it is impossible to figure out which one or two are the most meaningful and how you intend to present those in your application essays. Given that you seem to like the eastern Penn area you should look at Muhlenberg.

UDub and BMC are polar opposites in most key attributes. I am struggling to imagine a young woman who could be truly happy at both. Please reconsider your list with this in mind.

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@Oregon2016 thank you so much for your response! yes my GPA and scores are my biggest concerns right now, but I’m hoping to bring up my scores in the next couple of months.