Chance me for Wellesley!!! I'll chance you back ASAP)

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<p>I will be applying to:
Wellesley (first choice...not applying ED)
Smith(3rd choice)
Mount Holyoke
URichmond
Syracuse
Tufts (2nd choice)
Carnegie Mellon</p>

<p>African American female
Moderately competitive Texas public school
Top 25% Class rank</p>

<p>My best SAT 1 scores are:
670 CR
630 W
610 M</p>

<p>SAT II: </p>

<p>670 Chem
planning on taking literature and scoring similiarly</p>

<p>GPA: 3.21 out of 4
(I know my GPA is low, but I did take some difficult courses.)</p>

<p>E.C.:</p>

<p>Theatre (all four years): Participated in 11 out of 13 shows including UIL
Director (Junior)
House Manager (Junior)
Historian
Ready Writing
Tutored English 1 and Algebra 1 (freshman)
Participated in community theatre show...performed about 20 shows, inclluding one on the steps of city hall for a crowd of hundreds</p>

<p>Community Service:
Volunteered at hospital for two summers and completed 90+ hrs(fresh and soph)
in Surgery Waiting area (assisted families to recovery, doctors visits...etc.) and Cyber Center (assisted patients and families with fax and computer use
Volunteered at library (freshman)</p>

<p>Awards: </p>

<p>Academic Excellence Plaques
Outstanding Biology </p>

<p>Senior Courseload:</p>

<p>AP English 4
AP Calculus AB
AP Govn't/Econ
Chemisty 3 H (Course after AP Chem 2, no AP available)
AP Comp Sci...and required regular courses: Comm apps, health, foundations, dance...</p>

<p>All comments and advice are much appreciated</p>

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<p>For Wellesley, your SATs in all areas, especially math, are low. And your GPA and rank are low as well. ECs aren’t anything amazing–pretty typical of a lot of applicants. You can view statistics for previous classes exam scores here to judge for yourself though:
[Test</a> Info and Dates](<a href=“http://www.wellesley.edu/admission/admission/testinginfo.html]Test”>http://www.wellesley.edu/admission/admission/testinginfo.html)</p>

<p>Your hook is your URM status, though I am not sure how much of a help that will be overall.</p>

<p>Wellesley - reach
Smith - low reach
MHC - match
URichmond - match
Syracuse - match
Tufts - reach
CMU - match</p>

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<p>Also, why did you create two threads with the exact same information? Posting twice isn’t going to get your more chances…</p>

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<p>nobody ever chances back…pls understand my frustration…</p>

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<p>and it doesnt say anything on your link about typical Wellesley ECs, so I’m not sure what your saying. Otherwise, thanks for chancing me…and not sugaring it up a little bit. Thanks!</p>

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<p>You want honest opinions - I gave you mine.</p>

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<p>I said the link was about exam scores…not ECs. </p>

<p>Imo, your ECs don’t make you stand out in a way that would counteract your exam scores. Your ECs seem very typical of a common applicant to these schools.</p>

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<p>I think you have a chance at all of your schools, including Wellesley, but there are some sore points. Extras are good but not fantastic. Same for SAT scores–there are definitely people with scores similar to yours at Wellesley, but they won’t be helping to move your app into the accept pile, I don’t think. Perhaps a retake and some more good SAT II scores could help you in that category. Most worrisome to me is your GPA/class rank, especially if your high school is only moderately competitive. I went to what I guess was/is a moderately competitive high school in the midwest (school sent top grads to good schools like UChicago and Northwestern, but very, very few to Ivies and top LACs), and even our top 1-3% students with decent ecs and good test scores were mostly rejected from Ivies and the few LACs that were applied to (of the few top LAC applications, I seemed to have the only two acceptances, to Wellesley and Carleton College). A student not in the top 10% would have had no chance at Wellesley. Now, that’s my high school, and I am very much not an underrepresented minority, but still I would be concerned. I know that your GPA and class rank are mostly set at this point, but I think an excellent fall semester would raise your GPA and class rank somewhat but more importantly would make a good impression on admissions committees to combat your lower numbers. </p>

<p>Ultimately I would say that Wellesley is a reach for you. While I never recommend test taking insanity, a boost to those numbers and your GPA/class rank would definitely be a help to your application. Good luck!</p>

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<p>My SAT scores were only 100 points higher than yours, but my GPA was significantly higher. Senior year is the most important: focus on your grades and maybe retake the SAT. Have you tried taking the ACT? Some people do better on that. You still have time!! good luck!</p>

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<p>Wellesley- Reach
Smith- Reach
Mount Holyoke- Lower-ish Reach
URichmond- High Match
Syracuse- Match
Tufts - Reach
Carnegie Mellon- Big Reach (unless you’re planning on applying for their BFA in Acting, in which case it totally depends on how good you are)</p>

<p>All in all, I’d toss another safety school in there.</p>

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