chance me? ... please?

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<p>Hi, I'm sorta freaking out... especially about the SAT CR score... how important are they to carleton admissions? thanks ahead of time to any feedback about chances or what not... </p>

<p>basics:
-CA resident
-attend rigorous private school
-indian (born in US)
-random "extra info": have lived with a total of 29 family members throughout my life</p>

<p>Academics:
-GPA (weighted) - 4.21 (highest in class - no "honors" classes offered); unweighted - 3.96
-taken most rigorous course schedule allowed (7 APs by end of senior year)
-top 10% of class</p>

<p>Academic Awards:
-National Merit Commended Student
-Washington University in St. Louis Book Award
-Cum Laude Society
-AP Scholar with Honor
-Maxima Cum Laude National Latin Exam Award</p>

<p>SAT I Scores:
verbal: 650 (ouch..)
writing: 800
math: 730
(total: 2180)</p>

<p>SAT II Scores:
Biology M: 750
Math IIC: 790</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Newspaper: (18 hrs/week - school year)
-editor in chief (12th grade), page editor (11th grade), reporter (10th and 9th)
-won "Excellent" award in national convention for editorial writing
-newspaper won 3rd best in the nation in it's category (8-page papers)</p>

<p>Theatre: (14 hrs/week - year round)
-drama club secretary
-placed in top 24 student-actors in state of California through monologue competition
-won superior awards two years in a row at state thespian convention
-won "Best Dramatic Actor" award (11th grade)
-inducted into the International Thespian Society (100+ hours of theatre) freshman year
-inducted into "Honor Soceity of International Thespian Society (600+ hours of theatre) junior year
-have had leads roles in two major productions
-have acted in a show at a community college
-have stage-managed and assistant-directed a major school play sophomore year
-attended a shakespeare seminar course intensive at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
-worked as a Standardized Patient at UC Davis medical school
-worked as a full-time summer intern at a professional theatre</p>

<p>Literary Magazine:
-production editor (12th grade); assistant production editor (11th grade); copy editor (10th and 9th grades)
-literary magazine won 5th place in the nation at national journalism convention (12th grade) and 10th place last year (11th grade)
-won "Excellent" award in poetry writing</p>

<p>Sports:
-Varsity Skiing: I started the girls' ski team at the school and was captain in 11th grade and 12th grade; placed 10th in league overall
-Indian Dance (Bharatha Natyam): 9 years
Varsity Soccer: 9th, 10th, and 12th</p>

<p>Community Service:
-work as a weekly tutor for "Breakthrough Collaborative," a organization for underprivelaged middle school students
-volunteer work at hospital (100+ hours)</p>

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<p>The CR score is a bit low for Carleton standards, but your other stats are good. Carleton really values uniqueness and passion, which comes through in ECs, essays, interviews and recommendations. This can compensate for a lesser score. I think your chances are good. </p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>you have a good chance.</p>

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<p>I wouldn't worry too much about the CR score, as it is not alarming or eyebrow-raising. Your extracurriulars look great (Yay! Another lit mag editor! ^.^ ) and show a lot of drive and passion. I think you stand a great chance!</p>

<p>Hope to see you at Carleton next year!</p>

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<p>Wow, you seem like a really cool person... and from one newspaper ed-in-chief to another (heh, I want to work on the paper in college wherever I go, hopefully Carleton) you seem like a likely candidate. Good luck!</p>

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<p>I agree with the others. Your so-called "low" SAT score (in verbal) will not make or break you at Carleton. Everything else looks quite strong. I bet you make it in. Good luck!</p>

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<p>you will get in</p>

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<p>32 hours a week in ecs (plus whatever you have in sports) is pretty impresssive. That's upwards to 6-7 hours each day during the week, meaning you'd be at the school until 8-9 every single night, plus being captain of the ski team...
whoa</p>

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<p>wow, thanks guys! ... there's probably one other thing you should know though... i know they value interviews strongly, and i missed the interview deadline... how much do you think that will hurt? </p>

<p>oh, and for jdub: yeah, i actually am at school until about 9-10 every night... it seems weird, but school ends at 3:30, and rehearsals are usually from like 6-9, so i stay at school to work on the newspaper in between because i about a half hour away from school... and then there's one night every 2 weeks that's a newspaper work night where the newspaper staff stays at school until about 2:30 a.m. on a wednesday night to finish the paper up entirely and make it ready for printing... oh, and ski team captain actually takes less time than you'd think because all of our ski races are either on weekends or during school days and we have to travel 2 hours (to Tahoe) for them and then back...</p>

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<p>nice, more power to you</p>

<p>good luck, maybe ill see you next year if we both go to Carleton!</p>

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<p>My son was accepted last year from application alone, had not visited campus or interviewed b4 application/acceptance. </p>

<p>Best of luck. Hope you are accepted, you will love it.</p>