Chance me please?

Colleges & Universities A-Z Bucknell University
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Please, no rude comments. Thank you! My credentials:

3.7 weighted gpa
My class rank is 14% (117/832)
I’m taking 2 AP’s, AP Calc AB and AP Chem
SAT: Super score of 1960

Some of my main activities are National Art Honor Society,
Volunteering at the local science museum as an exhibit facilitator,
Girl Scouts and Track for one year,
Math and English Language Learning Volunteer tutor,
Volunteered in library and art festival.
Was in clubs like the poetry, art, school newspaper, book.

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I applied to college of arts and sciences

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I’m also a '19 hopeful, so my answer will be a tad bit opinionated.

Quick questions: ED2 or RegularDec.? Grades include senior midyear? How many hours of community service? Geographical location? Arts or Science major? Ethnicity (not a big factor, but gives a slight edge)? SAT subscore breakdown? ACT? SAT 2? How does your high school rate (well-know, in the ghetto, etc)? Financial situation?

I think we both have a very similar chance of getting in (if you’re also doing RD): (http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/lehigh-university/1723258-lehigh-ed2-chances.html#latest)

Pros:

  1. Average/Above-Average SAT score (CR + Math more important)
  2. Sports (track)
  3. Leadership (girl scouts, tutoring, museum thing)
  4. NAHS
  5. Other extracurriculars
  6. Large high school class (means no skewed/weird class rank and other stuff)

Cons:

  1. Record number of Bucknell applicants (lower the already low 29% acceptance rate from 2012 or 13): http://www.wboy.com/story/27986792/bucknell-university-receives-record-number-of-applications
  2. Classrank is a tad bit low, unless it’s a “good” school (I’m also 14%)
  3. Not a lot of APs, unless your school doesn’t offer many (mine offers 15+)
  4. If you’re doing Regular Decision, don’t expect >50% of getting in (like me) because of #1 con.

Basically (not trying to sound rude), you have a very good chance of getting in ED2 (http://inlikeme.com/admission-statistics-acceptance-rates-early-vs-regular/) (other schools have big difference btw ED and ED2, but bucknell is a small school, so it should be about the same), but if you’re applying RD, don’t expect to be accepted right off the bat (might be waitlisted).

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@indubitableDan I’m regular decision. Yes my grades include senior midyear report. I did at least 150 hours but no more than 170. PA. Science major, undecided. My second choice major is engineering, civil. I’m Bengali (something like indian). Yeah I took chem and math 1 sat 2’s. Got a 620 in chem and a 670 in math subject tests. As for SAT’s, 690 M 600 CR and 670 W. My school’s large, about 4000 students. It’s better known for negative reasons so yeah it’s a bit ghetto. And yeah I qualify for financial aid.

My school offers a lot of AP’s and i’m just taking 2. Thanks for your help man, no offense taken.

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No prob, I know a little too much about college admissions because I procrastinated with college admissions and…you know. Anyways, this article I read says that someone like you (smart kid from an iffy) has a slight edge in admissions: http://www.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/blog/private-vs-public-hs/ (5th paragraph) (you’re lucky, 4 or 5 people in my class of 420 mostly over privileged kids got a 2400 on SAT). With the extra info I think you have a really good chance of getting in. A 600 on CR ain’t that bad since >20% is useless vocab, and Bucknell has a more holistic admissions (lib. arts), which will forgive if you get good grades/tutoring/etc. Hopefully someone more professional will give you a more accurate answer. Best of luck with your college stuff!!!