Chance me for Grinnell, Kenyon, Haverford, and Macalester please.

Chance Me / Match Me!
1

<p>So. Grinnell, Kenyon, Macalester. And maybe Haverford though my impression is that it's a bit more selective than the others.</p>

<p>-3.3 GPA. First half of high school was spent at a rigorous private school and nearly all of those year-end grades are Bs. Junior year at public school has yielded five As, one B, and one C. Two AP classes this year (junior year) and none previously.</p>

<p>-SAT scores: 800 critical reading, 800 writing, only 580 math. (National Merit commended). </p>

<p>-No leadership positions whatsoever. I am in two clubs (Model UN and Tri-M). I've been in an outside-of-school orchestra for four years and did All-County Honors orchestra this year. (Violin for eight years). </p>

<p>-AP scores: I project one 5 (English Language & Composition) and one 4 (US History). And two failing which I won't mention to colleges. </p>

<p>-I'm taking 5 AP classes next (senior) year, but I doubt colleges care. And I'm not taking any maths or sciences next year.</p>

<p>-I'm doing a week-long summer program at Georgetown about International Relations (probably my future major). (I don't know whether that in itself will impress anyone but the knowledge I take from it might make my essay more focused).</p>

<p>-I'm barely in the top half of the class, but this is because of weird transfer weighting issues which I'll try to explain (and have my guidance counselor explain) to colleges.</p>

<p>-My recommendations will be okay but not fantastic. </p>

<p>Thanks guys!</p>

2

<p>I think Haverford will be the biggest reach. Grinnell and Macalester will still be reaches, but I think you have a chance of getting in. I have a friend with similar stats who just got into Kenyon, so I think it’s a match for you.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

3

<p>Go to the common data set for each school and see where your grades and test scores fall relative to those admitted. </p>

<p>At Grinnell, we were told that your transcript+GPA is weighted at about 50%, your test scores at 25%, and everything else at 25%. 90% of those admitted were in the top quarter of their class by GPA. Unless 3.3 puts you in the top 25% of your class, you may want to take a look at schools that are a little less academically competitive to get into, as Haverford, Grinnell and Macalester are all reaches. Don’t know Kenyon’s stats.</p>

4

<p>Thanks for the responses, both of you! I know they’re reaches; I want to figure out whether they’re ‘pipe dream’ reaches or reasonable reaches.</p>

<p>Any more responses would be very very welcome… I’d offer to chance back but I don’t know enough about the whole admissions scene to actually offer new information to anyone…</p>

5

<p>Don’t worry, I think they’re reasonable reaches. :)</p>