Chance Me Please Class of 2013

Colleges and Universities A-Z Swarthmore College
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<p>I am a junior thinking about Swarthmore...</p>

<p>White male from Pennsylvania
Public high school ranked in the top 5% in the state, top 10% nationally
Looking to go into business </p>

<p>SAT- 2150 (800 M, 700 CR, 650 W)
GPA- unweighted 3.9 weighted 4.23 (out of 4.5)</p>

<p>Taken the hardest level classes in high school, all AP and Honors.
Will have taken total of 5 AP classes after junior year (human geo, euro, us history, AB calc, physics) and another 4 AP classes senior year. (am gov, macro econ, phys 2, stat)
4 years of Latin</p>

<p>Ranking: Not yet calculated, should be around 15/330 or top 5%
No discipline issues, student of the month, perfect attendance, etc.</p>

<p>Grades: All solid A's, 2 A- and B+
Extracurriculars: NHS first year of eligibility, 300 hours of volunteering in high school with Special Needs Kids (Special Olympics every year, Challenger Gym Program, Challenger Sports) -- very dedicated to helping special needs through service.
Leadership- Counselor at YMCA summer camp, counselor at my high school summer and winter baseball camp, Counselor at American Helicopter Museum summer camp
Highly recommended math tutor - have several jobs in the area with my name being spread
3 years of Varsity Baseball
3 years of FBLA
2 years Key Club 2 years Interact
Intern at the Am. Youth Literacy Program
Instructor at my school district's ESL program</p>

<p>I may be forgetting a thing or two but hopefully you get a decent idea of the picture.
Any respsonse would be helpful, thanks</p>

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<p>The denizens of College Confidential are not professionals. Our admissions staff, on the other hand, is a group of very friendly people. You would get a better evaluation if you emailed them with this information, plus, emailing the admissions office lets them know that you’re interested, and consequently boosts your chance of being admitted.</p>

<p>This is the webpage:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.swarthmore.edu/admissions-and-aid/admissions-staff.xml[/url]”>http://www.swarthmore.edu/admissions-and-aid/admissions-staff.xml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Hi there. Since you are from the nation’s top school you must have a very good college guidance there - which is a huge advantage btw. They would be able to chance you much better than most of the people here, considering some specific factors such as info on previously accepted students from your school, number of legacies in your class, etc. All I can offer you is the “fortune cookie” words of wisdom which you probably heard millions of times by now (“apply ED”, “talk to the coach”, and the most important one: “worse were accepted, better were rejected”) and wish you best of luck! With this resume you are going to get to some very good schools as long as you apply to enough of them.</p>