CHANCE ME for Lehigh :)

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Hi! Please let me know what my chances are !!!

Still unsure of where to apply… please suggest other schools too!!! thanks so much :slight_smile:

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+

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+, 2
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

ACT: 28 (plan on taking ACT again…)

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

AP courses: psych (5), calc AB (let’s not talk about it.)

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

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):
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)
Vice President of Tri M Honor Society
Psychology Club
Interact Club
National Honor Society
National French Honor Society

Awards: President’s Service bronze award and Honor Roll at school

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Middle 50% range of ACT scores of admitted students is 29-32; on a 1600 scale, the middle 50% range of SAT scores is 1230-1420.

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@kiki1ki1 “you should be a shoe in but gender will play a big role. girls get in more easily”

You know a lot more about Lehigh than I do, but with Lehigh getting down to a 25% acceptance rate last year, I am not sure it is a shoe in, even if this applicant is female, unless this applicant is a recruited athlete. In looking at Naviance for our school, this weighted gpa and test scores are within the admitted range, but low in the range and many students with similar scores were not admitted. I would especially note that the 28 ACT score is currently below the 25th percentile and improving is a couple of points would significantly boost your chances. My advice would be to look at Naviance for your high school and see what combinations of gpa and ACT that Lehigh is likely to take.

@collegestress28 I would recommend that you work hard to achieve a strong gpa this semester and boost your overall gpa, retake and improve your ACT score, visit Lehigh and show strong interest, and apply ED. If you really want to attend Lehigh, those steps will give you a much better chance of admission.

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Lehigh is a small enough of a school that the admissions office looks beyond grades and scores. I think your area of interest make make a difference. Is it a super competitive area of study like mechanical engineering or accounting? And your financial need will also factor in - of course a private school likes a certain percent of kids that do not need any or little financial aid. Also, geographic diversity can factor in here too - there are only so many kids Lehigh is going to take from PA, NY and NJ. The farther you live from Lehigh the more geographic diversity will come into play and help you. They do like having every state represented. So if you are the only applicant from Wyoming you will have a stronger chance than the 300th kid from PA that is applying.

With a small school with only a 1,000 applicants accepted each year the admission office’s decision goes much farther than just your GPA and text scores.

That is why I think kiki1ki1’s advice to just try is wise. No one can anticipate the admission office’s decisions.

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@kikkydee “I think kiki1ki1’s advice to just try is wise.”

I agree that “trying” is good advice, but I didn’t see that advice. From kiki1ki1, I see “you should be a shoe” which I don’t think is the case unless I am missing something.

@kikkydee “with only a 1,000 applicants accepted each year”

I read that there were about 13,400 applicants and 25.5% were accepted, so by my calculation they must have accepted about 3,400 students. Lehigh’s yield must be somewhere close to 37%.

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http://www1.lehigh.edu/admissions/undergrad/profile

UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT *
Total Undergraduate Enrollment: 5,054
Retention rate: 95%

Applicants: 12,843
Acceptances: 3,905 (30%)
Matriculants: 1,261 (32%)
Early Decision: 559 (44%)
Lehigh Legacies: 200 (16%)
Financial Aid (Lehigh Grant): 581 (46%)

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This link from kikky shows the statistics for the class entering LAST fall, in September 2015. I’m really hoping they post the updated numbers for this page for the 2016 freshmen.

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You could go back the last 10 years and average how much these numbers have varied - in total and from year to year. My GUESS is they haven’t changed much.

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This link is my source and it is more up to date. http://thebrownandwhite.com/2016/04/27/lehigh-ranking-little-effect/

“With 13,408 students applying, the acceptance rate also fell below the previous year. Only 25.5 percent of students were accepted this year, compared to 30.4 in 2015.”

It is actually fairly significant that the acceptance rate has dropped from 35% to 25.5% in only two years.

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thank you all so much for the responses!!