chance me--liberal arts colleges

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>High school senior here.
Asian female from lower middle-class family.
SAT I
2140 (800 R, 630 M, 710 W)
SAT II
Bio 680, Lit 720
** i attend an alternative school that does not have grades, class rankings or a GPA
AP US history (5)
AP Psychology (5)
AP English Language (4)
AP Art History (5)
I'm taking AP World, AP English Lit and AP Art this year. </p>

<p>Extracurricular
Art Club president
Mural Club president
NYSSSA visual arts program
Cooper Union summer pre-college program
recieved several scholarships to art schools
All-County art festival (4 years)</p>

<p>GSA (gay straight alliance) Vice President
Class Planning Art Director/Treasurer
Literary magazine editor
Quiz Bowl (chosen to compete in The Challenge)
Varsity LAX goalie</p>

<p>Music Community Outreach
Principal Clarinet in Chamber orchestra, Symphonic orchestra, concert band
All-County Music Festival (4 years)
NYSBDA (3 years)
Carnegie Hall Honors Concert (6 years)</p>

<p>Worked as a receptionist in a medical clinic
Volunteered as a research assistant in a MRI lab
--> was able to produce first author abstract that was accepted into the SCMR scientific session (an international meeting concerning MR imaging). I also helped with several other doctors during my time in the lab, so my name appears on several published papers in medical journals.</p>

<p>Since i go to an alternative school w/out grades, it's always more difficult to try to predict my chances with college admissions. However, i do have good ECs, and decent AP and SAT scores. My essays are pretty solid as well.</p>

<p>these are the schools i'm not so sure about
Barnard
Wellesley
Brown/RISD
Middlebury
Smith
Mnt Holyoke
Wesleyan
Bowdoin
Cooper Union (for art)</p>

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<p>What types of schools do kids from your HS usually end up attending? All of those schools are fairly competitive; you’ve got the SAT for all of them except for a few (I’m thinking Brown, Middlebury, maybe Bowdoin [though they’re SAT-optional, but since you don’t have grades…]), and it’s impossible for us to chance you for the Cooper Union. But assuming your school is considered reputable and colleges understand the way it works, I would guess that you’re solid for Barnard, Smith, Mt. Holyoke, possibly Wesleyan and Wellesley. I would advise that you get more safeties/matches.</p>

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<p>I do have a number of safety schools (mostly state schools) and schools that I know for sure i could get into. The listed schools are the reach/semi-plausible ones. </p>

<p>The school has a pretty good rep. The students are mixed bag (eccentric genius types, slacker types) but we do send the occasional student to the ivies.</p>

<p>I should mention that since my school is so small, all the clubs/music/sports/AP classes are done at the big high schools that surround us, so i was competing with your “typical” hs students.</p>