Chance me for Haverford, Bowdoin, Vassar and Williams.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Or more like... help me to head in the right direction. </p>

<p>I'm a rising junior thinking about the two years ahead, and college applications. I'd love to go to one of the small LAC's mentioned in the title. I want to study something in the Humanities field.</p>

<p>The problem is, I go to a small alternative Waldorf school where there are no AP classes, the only advanced options are Honors English and Honors US History. The academics aren't too rigorous but are designed to teach you how to think. Also, I have only done 20 hours of community service thus far. My EC's consist of attending a mere Model UN conference and founding a French Club (the only club in my school!). However, I've always gotten As and A+s and even A*s (at my last school, a British one), but there's no GPA at my school. I went into the PSAT last fall not knowing what it was and got a 190, which seems to be low by College Confidential standards but I'm sure I'll do well in this fall's PSAT and SAT. </p>

<p>By the way, I'm from Italy (so not a URM), I transferred from the British school in Rome to my current school in my sophomore year. I'm absolutely proficient in English though, and my level of French is v. good. Also, I've been told I write quite well, so the Essays won't be a problem. Does being foreign give me an edge at all?</p>

<p>Long story short, can you advise me on what to do over the next few years? For example, would you recommend doing a summer program (for example, the Harvard SSP or the Princeton CTY, or maybe the TASP) or spending a month in Anantapur (India) doing volunteer work? I know you should be passionate about EC's, so maybe I should go to Anantapur as I strongly believe in the NGO I'd be helping and I love travel and the country itself. What do you think? </p>

<p>Do I have no chance due to the fact that my school doesn't offer APs? I only slightly regret not having gone to Exeter or Deerfield, as I love my school, but I'm aware they make things easier.</p>

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<p>Please? Is there no one here with experience in LACs?</p>

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<p>BUMP. </p>

<p>Seriously, one useful piece of advice is more than enough.</p>

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<p>Bump once again; any advice will be much appreciated!</p>

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<p>Your school seems a bit strange, but it shouldn’t really affect your chances. As long as you take the hardest classes your school offers you should be fine. The only thing is that you NEED extra curriculars and volunteer hours, even if your school doesn’t have many resources. Start up a tutoring program or school newspaper, run a fundraiser, volunteer at a library (since you want to do something in the humanities), start a book drive. Just do SOMETHING, because 20 hours isn’t nearly enough for those schools.</p>

<p>IDK anything about those summer programs so it’d be best if i didn’t comment on them.</p>

<p>And don’t worry about that PSAT score. My sophomore score was like 174, but my actual SAT score frmo May was a 2220.</p>

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<p>I just took the free SAT practice test on collegeboard.com and scored 710 CR, 700 W, 710M = 2120.</p>