Chance me Haverford

Colleges and Universities A-Z Haverford College
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<p>Planning to E.D or R.D at either Vassar, Carleton, Haverford and Washington and Lee split between all and hoping I could get into all. I am going to one of the best public high schools in NJ.
-African american student that wont need financial aid. Both my parents were born in Ethiopia </p>

<p>-Unweighted GPA is 3.7 and weighted 4.1</p>

<p>-SAT math-760 reading-700 writing-700</p>

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<li><p>SAT 2 math c1- 720 US History- 720 Chem- 700 I'm planning on taking math c2 soon. </p></li>
<li><p>ap chem-4 </p></li>
<li><p>ap bio-4</p></li>
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<p>-ap us history2-4</p>

<p>Senior year: AP CALC, AP ECON, Honors physics, cpe english and history</p>

<p>Extracurriculars
Varsity basketball and lacrosse- goalie for lacrosse </p>

<p>Witness for mock trial</p>

<p>spanish club</p>

<p>Envirmental club</p>

<p>Chem team</p>

<p>Voluntter</p>

<p>200 plus hours tutoring under privalage kids </p>

<p>Peer tutuor at high school</p>

<p>Holiday festival </p>

<p>Boys and girls club</p>

<p>Started a lacrosse program at boys and girls club</p>

<p>Working on opening up a Boys and girls club in Africa</p>

<p>Certified with CERT, CPR and hospital training</p>

<p>Spent one summer at Center of talented development and another summer in Center of talented youth </p>

<p>Essays on being one of the only African Americans in my school and lacrosse program and my other essay is about my help in opening up a boys in girls club in Ethiopia </p>

<p>Will get great recommendations from my teachers</p>

<p>Any advice is helpful, please be honest and thank you.</p>

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<p>I’m currently a male sophomore at Haverford. First off, I will say that “chancing” for these schools is hard. They are all excellent schools with rigorous application processes, but will look more at the character of the student as a whole and less at the student as a number. At haverford, I know of kids with SATs in the 600s who got in and kids with straight 800s who were turned away. Your scores, for any of these schools, are not off the charts, but in a good range.</p>

<p>I will say that you (from what I see) “fit” what Haverford (or any other school for that matter) wants to see on application materials with lots of extra curriculars and involvement. The story concerning identity and race on your lacrosse team seems especially interesting. </p>

<p>I’m sure you know this, but Haverford will be more nerdy and rooted in Quaker values (Honor Code, concensus etc.), Washington and Lee has a big Greek system and is quite fratty, Carleton is nerdy, and Vassar is artsy. W&L will probably be the most conservative of the list (politically) with Vassar at the other end and Haverford and Carleton somewhere in the middle. Haverford is close to a major city, Carleton to a medium sized city and the other two are in rural areas. </p>

<p>Though coaches don’t have all that much sway at DIII LACs, they can give you a “boost” if you contact them and show your prowess.</p>