<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>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>
<p>Wellesley - low reach
Smith - reach
Mount Holyoke - low reach
URichmond - ?
Syracuse - high match
Tufts - high reach
Carnegie Mellon - ?</p>
<p>I can tell that you like Tufts, but it is extremely competitive and has very high SAT scores. You probably need about a 2150 to be competitive at Tufts. The fact that you live out of state may help you with some of these schools, but your low GPA and 1900ish SAT scores might hurt a bit. nice ec’s!
Good luck!</p>
<p>Hmm… You’re definitely in for Syracuse.
But I think it’s going t be a bit hard to get into Carnege Mellon, as it is pretty hard to get into, even with good grades.
As for Wellesley and Smith, your SAT scores are around the mean range for their SAT scores, so you’re good. GPA is also around that range, so you have a chance.
As for your extracurriculars, you could always try polishing them up a bit; for example, the term director is impressive, but elaborate and make the term and context around director sound all important to these colleges. After all, these colleges should want you, right?
For the other colleges, I’m afraid I don’t know them quite well, so I an’t really help you there.
All in all, just write a fabulous essay, because this will be what’s setting you apart from the rest. For your top three choices, you have the potential to make it; your personality and your essay are the deciding factor. </p>
<p>I hope I <em>somewhat</em> helped haha. Good luck! :)</p>
<p>I’m not to sure about Wellesley, Smith or Mount Holyoke since my son is a guy, and is not applying to those schools, but this is what I think:</p>
<p>Wellesley (first choice…not applying ED) - Reach, but not a huge one.
Smith(3rd choice) - small reach
Mount Holyoke - small reach
URichmond - in
Syracuse -in
Tufts (2nd choice) - reach
Carnegie Mellon - small reach ( I heard its much easier for woman to get into) </p>
<p>None of these schools are out of reach for you, and since you’re an URM, you never know. Good luck.</p>
<p>Wellesley- it would help you to go ED with your scores, I think it would give you the edge you need but without ED I’d say 50/50
Smith(3rd choice)- low reach
Mount Holyoke- match
URichmond- match
Syracuse- safety (kids from my school got in with like no APs and 1200s)
Tufts (2nd choice)- reach
Carnegie Mellon- reach</p>
