Chance me, please!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Haverford College
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Hi everyone! I’m applying ED to Haverford and was wondering what you guys think my chances are.

SAT 1
CR: 770
W: 740
M: 660

SAT 2
Literature: 730
US History: 710

APs:
English Lang- 5, APUSH- 4, Bio-3

GPA: 3.9 on a 4.0 scale, unweighted

Course load
Junior year:
AP Biology
AP English Lang
AP US History
Honors Precalc
Honors Spanish 3

Senior year:
AP Calculus AB
AP English Lit
AP Euro
Spanish 4 (honors isn’t offered)
Honors Physics (couldn’t take AP because I hadn’t taken regular physics yet)

I took basically all of the APs and honors classes that were available at my school.

Extra curriculars:
Editor-in-chief of school newspaper, have been on staff since freshman year
Peer tutor for my school’s writing center
Peer leader for middle school students
Internship at a local hospital over this past summer
Neuroscience course at Johns Hopkins the summer before my sophomore year
Anatomy of Human Cognition course and Public Health course at Brown the summer before my junior year
Volunteer for Organizing for Action (political organization)
Volunteer at local animal shelter
Manager of JV volleyball teams

Honors/awards:
Dean’s list and honor roll all four years of high school
National Merit Scholar
AP Scholar

Essays:
Really good (not to brag!)- my main interest is neuroscience, but I’m actually naturally better at English and history. I think my common app essay really contextualizes my transcript well. I also think my honor code essay and why Haverford essay are very strong.

Please let me know what you guys think! Thanks so much in advance.

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I’m also applying ED to Haverford and I think you have a pretty good chance (probably better than me). I can’t find any weak spots in your app, the only thing that would improve your chances a little bit more is if you interviewed and visited the campus. Other than that, good work!

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Thank you! I have interviewed and visited and loved it. Good luck with everything, hopefully we’ll both be at Haverford in the fall!

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I’m interested too, it’s a great school, you must have visited swat too, why did you decide on hav over swat?

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Your stats look very good, and if your essays are as solid as you think, I’d say you have a shot. Good luck!

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@poopinjay I really loved the honor code at Haverford, the senior thesis project, and the general collaborative spirit of the school. I loved Swat too, but I just think Haverford is better for me in terms of fit!

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For future applicants looking at this thread, I got in ED!

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well done arielsayshello , I bet you’re going to love it!

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Hey @arielsayshello and other people here.
Can you please chance me?
GPA 4.0/4.0. Have taken a really tough Alevels curriculum with subjects ranging from Math and Physics to Economics and Journalism. I have about 9 Courses in current year and have still maintained exceptional grades in my first trimester sessionals (4.0).
My ACT is a 32. (28 E, 35 M, 31R, 32S). My Maths 2 subject score is 740 and Physics is 720. Other than that I have a really strong academic profile for last 4 consecutive school years.
My commonapp essay is a pretty personal essay which according to many is a strong displayer of who I am and how i have strongly faced risen over a discrimination that i faced.
My Why haverford essay is pretty good showing that i had researched well.
My Honor code essay was very strong. It talked about how i had my own honor code as headboy to how honor codes will help with my time in Haveford and future.
My Letter of Recs, eventhough i havent seen them, were hopefully very strong. One even came from UC Bekrley PHD who saw me as an influential leader in class at Stanford.
As far as my Extra curriculars are concerned, I have attended a Stanford Pre Collegiate summer program where i did great and got a letter of REC from My professor too. I was the Headboy (President) of my school and was also the Vice President (Deputy Headboy) of my school for consecutive years. I have 600+ hours of Community service. Internship at BBC and Frontier Core Hospital. I tutor students for free as well. I am Regional level swimmer and have been winning swimming competitions. I have founded two socieities as well which have been succesful in making an impact on lives of many people. I am a debater too. I have been chairing and Judging MUNs and Parliamentary debating competitions after ofcourse winning a dozen.
I also got to Visit states for GYLC a Conferrence as an ambassador of Pakistan.
My Honors include me winning International Kangaroo maths competition in my region and also coming first in Spelling bee competitons. National gold medals for Olevels and Alevels grades are also there. I was also a high achiever at United states Educational foundation pakistan ceremony, selected among 20 students from a pool of300000.

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Your profile makes you a strong candidate for admission, although your posting suggests your English writing skills (or perhaps just your keyboarding skills) are a little choppy. If that comes through in your essays I am not sure how the admissions office would react. Still, I’d wager you’ll get in if you applied. Come back and let us know how you did.