Chance me please!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Colgate University
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<p>Hey guys, I'm a rising senior and i go to a public school in PA. I am asian, and first generation here in america and first in my family to go to college. </p>

<p>Freshmen year:
Honors Algebra II
Honors Environmental Science
Honors French II
Honors Geometry
Honors Global Study
Honors English</p>

<p>Sophomore year:
Honors American Experience
Honors Biology
Honors French III
Honors English
Honors Pre Calc/Trig
AP Computer Science</p>

<p>Junior Year:
Honors Chemistry
Honors Physics
Honors French IV
AP Language and Composition
AP Statistics
AP US History</p>

<p>This year I'm taking
AP Calc AB
AP Physics C
AP Chemistry
AP Micro and Macro Economics
AP French
AP English Lit</p>

<p>I was in the following clubs for the past three years:
Chess, FBLA (I placed in the regional competition fresh and soph year), Model UN (President junior year), Team Assist (help teachers with technology) and I competed in National History day (placed all three years). I also help run a chess club at the local library and i teach little kids how to play chess. I also work a 15 hour a week job soph and junior year.</p>

<p>GPA Cumulative unweighted: 3.3211 and rank 42/323
Sat scores: 1800</p>

<p>I will be applying ED. What are my chances? Thanks everyone in advance</p>

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<p>It’s very difficult to evaluate anyone based on pure numbers, but you are perhaps in the Colgate applicant pool but I wouldn’t say you are a likely admit. Your GPA is a bit low (sorry to be so blunt!) and your SAT scores are a little below what Colgate prefers. You may want to review and take the SAT another time to see if you can boost your scores.</p>

<p>Colgate loves smart, talented athletes, but you don’t seem to be involved in sports. </p>

<p>Your extracurriculars are fine but don’t distinguish you very much from a lot of other students. </p>

<p>Your academic courses are excellent, however, so that is the good news and you have really challenged yourself with al the AP and Honors courses, so that clearly works in your favor. </p>

<p>And your ethnicity may help somewhat as does your immigrant background, and so on.</p>

<p>I’d say 50/50 at best due to grades and SAT scores but no strikingly distinguishing other plusses. That’s maybe not the news you want to hear, but it’s honest at least. Apply and find out or you’ll never know. And of course, I am no admissions person, so I could be 100% wrong. Don’t take any comments on this forum (even mine) too seriously. They are merely our opinions.</p>