Chance Me, Liberal Art Colleges!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>--Do you think I can get accepted at Macalester, Grinnell, Kenyon, Oberlin-- Or are all those very high reaches??</p>

<p>Intended major: Biology</p>

<p>Junior- White-Male</p>

<p>-3.65 UW GPA (I have a D on my transcript: Second semester Honors Geometry :/ )</p>

<p>Taken three courses at a community college:</p>

<p>-Eng101: A
-Intro to Soc: A
-Intro to Psych: A</p>

<p>Currently enrolled in 2 Ap courses ( Ap English L&C and Ap US History)</p>

<p>I plan to take 3 more before I apply to colleges. ( An econ class, math class, and speech)</p>

<ul>
<li>Rank: 30/403</li>
</ul>

<p>-No ACT score yet..</p>

<p>Next year my classes will be:</p>

<p>AP English
AP Stats
AP Bio
AP Euro
AP Gov/ Hon. Econ
Pre-calc</p>

<p>ECS</p>

<p>-Cross Country (3 yrs, going on fourth)
-Student Council ( Sophomore year, treasurer, will be on next year as well)
-NHS (Junior, and next year)
-Newspaper (Soph: Reporter, Junior: Opinion editor)(is a graded class)
-Key Club (Fresh, Soph Year)
-Volunteering once a week for 2-4 hours in the emergency room. (interesting)
-SADD (fresh, and soph)</p>

<p>I also hold a job, and work roughly 20 hrs a week, since sophomore year. (Decreased my participation in ecs)</p>

<p>I'm also a first generation college student, parents are immigrants. I'm gay (I know it wont help me get in college, but it helps "diversify" me)</p>

<ul>
<li>What do you think needs improvement?</li>
</ul>

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<p>anyone have any input?</p>

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<p>With no PSAT, SAT, or ACT scores, it's next to impossible to make any kind of estimate.</p>

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<p>if you manage to get 32+ on your act then those schools are solid matches. focus on your essays and try not to overplay the gay factor, afterall it's not like being an urm. other great lacs but less selective to consider are earlham, wooster, lawrence, knox, beloit and denison. good luck.</p>

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<p>thanks, I visited Knox this winter and loved it! If I can't manage an ACT score 29+, I will apply to Knox considering they don't use test scores.</p>