Chance me for: William and Mary, Swarthmore, Georgetown, Emory, Case and Boston U (my reach schools)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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These are my reach schools so keep that in mind. I don’t want to hear anything about the cost of schools unless it is about my likelihood of getting academic aid.

Here’s my stats/ ec’s, let me know if I forgot anything or if you want more info. I go to a fairly competitive high school.
GPA: 4.2 weighted, 3.95 unweighted
ACT: 31 composite
AP Exam Scores: 5 on psych, 5 on macro, 4 on lang, 4 on micro
I’m currently taking AP Enviro and AP Stats and will take AP Exams for both.

I am planning on double majoring in nutrition or the closest health major and public policy.

EC’s:
President of my school’s HOSA chapter (Future Health Professionals)
Vice-Chair of the Mayor’s Youth Advisory Board (Work with the Mayor, City Council, travel to DC to meet with Senators and members of Congress)
Youth representative and board member for the cities Downtown Association
Youth representative for the cities Committee for Community Involvement
Team Captain of the Speech and Debate team and student coach for five events. I am apart of the Speech and Debate Honor Society and have earned Honorable Distinction.
Here are some of my more notable awards from Speech and Debate:
Yale Quarterfinalist in Program Oral Interpretation
Top 16 in Dual Interpretation at the Tournament of Champions

Qualifier in Dramatic Interpretation to the Tournament of Champions
National Qualifier in Program Oral Interpretation

State Finalist in Program Oral Interpretation
State Runner-up in Prose Speech
First place in Prose Speech at the University of Oregon
First place in Dual Interpretation at the University of Oregon
Second place in Program Oral
Interpretation at the University of Oregon
Third place in Dramatic

Interpretation at the University of Oregon
Third Place in Dual Interpretation at the University of Puget Sound
Individual Speech Sweepstakes at McMinnville Invitational

Volunteering at a variety of community events, blood drives, health screenings, public health events, etc.
I volunteer with HomePlate Youth Services and Family Promise.
I am job-shadowing a researcher at the Oregon National Primate Center.
I am assisting in lab work for research on the endocrinology of stress as well as infertility.

Other Awards include Honor Roll all four years and AP Scholar with honor. I am on track to earn the ‘scholar’ distinction at my school and will have completed the Enviro. Science pathway and the Law pathway at my school.

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W&M would be a reach/low reach (OOS acceptance rate = 31%), but check your Naviance.
Swarthmore - very high reach
Georgetown - very high reach
Emory - very high reach
Case - reach/low reach
Boston U - high reach

For W&M and Case, your ACT is at the bottom of the mid 50%, but your GPA is higher than average, and their acceptance rates are 31% and 27%, respectively. For the other four, your ACT fall in their bottom 25%.

Why don’t you look at some of the many top-notch Liberal Arts Colleges which are test-optional? On that topic, is your weighted GPA low, relative to your unweighted GPA because of how your school weights grades? If your UW GPA with a challenging course load is 3.95, I think that you should think about test-optional colleges like Bowdoin or Colorado College as reaches.

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This is very helpful, thank you : )
In terms of Bowdoin, I just did some research and the average ACT is 31, so since that is mine wouldn’t I want to submit it?
And to answer your question about my GPA, my school does not weight honor courses only AP courses, so instead of being 4 points if you get an A in an AP class you get 5 points for that class if that makes sense. I have gotten one B during high school and the rest of A’s. I have only taken 5 AP’s including this year. I would have loved to have taken more but my parents wouldn’t allow it.

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You can submit it, but it’s considered, not required. However, if you look at Bowdoin’s 2019 common data set, their mid 50% is 32-35, so your ACTs are in their bottom 25%. On the other hand, your GPA is pretty high, and that is more important for them.

Of course, with an acceptance rate of <10%, Bowdoin is a reach for anybody…

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Understandable.