Chance me for LACs: Williams, Haverford, Vassar, Amherst, Hamilton etc.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a junior thinking about the months ahead. I'd love to go to one of the small LAC's mentioned in the title, but any suggestions for reaches, matches and safeties are more than welcome. I want to study something in the Humanities field.</p>

<p>COLLEGES:
• Williams
• Vassar
• Haverford
• Amherst
• Hamilton
• Bowdoin
• Barnard</p>

<p>I'd also like to apply to an Ivy just for funsies, either Columbia or Dartmouth.</p>

<p>STATS:
• GPA unweighted - 3.95
• PSAT: 216
• SAT: 2100 w/out studying, will be retaking this fall
I'm taking Literature and French for SAT IIs in June. I'll definitely get 750+ in French. </p>

<p>CLASSES & RANK:
• I'm foreign, from Italy. I've been studying at a boarding school in NH since my sophomore year. This school doesn't rank, but at the school I attended my freshman year I was ranked #1/60, and it was a very competitive British prep school which regularly sends students to Oxbridge.
• The NH school I attend now is an alternative boarding school, which means no APs, BUT I'm taking the most rigorous courses, all centered around the humanities field (Philosophy, World Religions, Global Issues, Advanced French Lit., Honors Eng, Honors US His) plus Advanced Calc.</p>

<p>EXTRACURRICULARS:
French Club - co founded in 10th grade and am now president
Active & Helping - club at my school that centers on charity, through which I've done many hours of community service and organized several projects. Joined in 10th grade. I also worked at a soup kitchen over the summer, and I've done many, many hours tutoring two of my peers in Math.
Model UN (10,11,12)
Literary Journal: editor 11 & 12, contributor 10</p>

<p>SUMMER PLANS:
I've applied to TASP, and I've gotten an interview.
If I'm rejected, I'll probably do some volunteering in Botswana or Anantapur, or maybe I'll get an internship in publishing (I'd like to do both equally. Which one would look better?)</p>

<p>STRENGTHS:
My essays will probably be very good, as writing is my forte.</p>

<p>So, what chance do I have to get into those schools? Which other similar schools could I get into? What do you suggest I do to improve my application?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Any feedback would be appreciated!</p>

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<p>You have a great chance at any of them and you will get into at least two. If you retake your sat score and get an even better one, all the power to you, your chances will be even better. I think you have an excellent resume and you shouldn’t worry too much! Good job!</p>

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<p>Your academics are great. That being said, having good scores in various AP exams would certainly increase your chances. Since your school doesn’t provide ap classes, you might study by yourself. Even though it requires hard work, it surely will increase your chances. And good luck with your interview.
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<p>Thank you for your feedback! Which humanities or language-related AP is easiest to self-study? I’m not sure I have the drive to do something as pointless as cramming a book just for the sake of college admissions, though…</p>

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<p>Looks solid; retake the SAT and try to bump it up 100 points or so and you’re golden. As is you will definitely get into Hamilton, Vassar, and Barnard (at least I would be shocked if you didn’t) and probably at least 1 of the other 4. Not sure how set on the east coast you are, but Carleton, Pomona, and Claremont McKenna are similarly strong schools in different parts of the country.</p>

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<p>If you go to St. Paul’s or Exeter, your biggest factor will be the competition from your own school.</p>

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<p>I go to an alternative boarding school, so that’s not a problem.</p>

<p>What about Columbia? If I get 700+ on the subject tests, and 2200+ on the SAT, will I have a good enough application?</p>

<p>Sorry about all the questions, I’m quite clueless about the college process.</p>

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<p>I need to stay in the East Coast, so no Pomona, Claremont, etc.</p>