Chance Me for Middlebury, Bates, and Bowdoin?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I've posted my stats here once before, but I'll do it once more:
-3.75 unweighted GPA, approx. 4.27/4.3 weighted GPA
-Class rank: I don't have it on me (I have no idea where it is), but approximately 54/850. I could be a bit off, though.
-School extremely competitive (from a subjective standpoint, it is. I don't know how other people would put it). Public high school in suburb near Chicago (Sends a good chunk of kids to top universities and colleges) I guess this is just a fun fact and probably won't boost my chances, but Ernest Hemingway, the man who voices Homer Simpson, and other notables attended my school.</p>

<p>-31 ACT (taking it again in April)
-No SAT yet (Took it; getting scores back in a few weeks. Possibly a 2100+?)
-Have/am taking three AP's (Psychology, American History, and English Language), and for senior year will take four (European History, English Language, Spanish, and Calc) </p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
1. Model U.N.
2. Girl Scout working towards Gold Award (will be completed summer before entrance into college)
3. Marching Band for 4 years (will be section leader next year)
4. Church choir for 3 years
5. Students for Peace and Justice
6. Second Place winner for Martin Luther King Jr. Essay contest sophomore year
7. Finalist for the Ernest Hemingway Award for Creative Writing sophomore year
8. About eight years of playing flute--four years of co-curricular Concert Band/Wind Ensemble (One of top players in school--first and second chair in top ensembles)
9. Summer course (With an A for end grade) for creative writing at UChicago
10. Contributing writer for school newspaper (11th)/prospective editor in chief for senior year
11. Member of church's Young People's Department--much like many churches' "youth groups", I suppose.
12. Various awards for music performance, such as from competitions at Colombia College in Chicago and awards for commitment to Marching Band and curricular ensembles
13. Applying to go on cultural trip to India for senior year with school
14. Published in school literary magazine
15. Part of student-led flute choir years 9 and 10 (it was dissolved this year due to lack of participants)</p>

<p>School Courses:</p>

<p>9th Grade:
-Honors Biology
-Honors World History
-Honors Algebra
-Honors Spanish
-Honors English
A/A- Average</p>

<p>10th Grade:
-Honors English/Journalism
-Honors Geometry
-AP Psychology (5 on exam)
-Honors Spanish
-Honors Chemistry
A/A- Average</p>

<p>11th Grade:
-Honors Physics
-Honors Trigonometry
-AP American History (no AP test yet)
-AP English Lit (no AP test yet)
-Honors Spanish
A- Average</p>

<p><em>African American, if that slightly boosts my chances</em>
I know my list here is a bit weak (Bowdoin and Middlebury are probably stretches), but any advice you could give me would be awesome and a big help! Thanks a lot; I'll chance you back!</p>

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<p>I think you could get into Bates, and your definitley a strong applicant for Bowdoin and Middlebury!</p>

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<p>Many thanks for responding!</p>

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<p>Any further input would be greatly appreciated!</p>

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<p>I think you have a really good chance at Bates you have a chance at Bowdoin I would say it is a slight reach. I know people that have applied to both Bates and Bowdoin but idk Middlebury to well</p>

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<p>Bump…</p>

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<p>I think your chances for Middlebury would normally be slightly low, but I think the fact that you’re an African American really helps so I suspect your chances are better. No one’s a shoe in at these schools though. Good luck!</p>