<p>White female from middle class NY suburb
SAT I: CR- 630, W- 620, M- 680. (Bad, I know, but I'm getting a tutor and retaking in the fall so they should all be in the high 600s- low 700s).
SAT IIs: Math I- 680, US History- 790
Grades: Number grades in school range from 95 overall in freshman year to 97 overall in junior year. NY state regents exams are 89, 99, 87, 99, 97, 90, 97, 93, 98, 96.
APs: 10th grade- World History: 5, 11th grade- US History: 5, English Lang: 4, European History: 5. Senior year will take AP Stats, Gov, English Lit, and Environmental.<br>
ECs: Science olympiad, literary magazine, copy editor of school newspaper next year, European club, Key club (50+ hours of community service), enrolled in prestigious science research program- did research at Hofstra U. summer 06 and 07 (will enter Intel and other comeptitions in the fall), 5-time All County Band/Orchestra selection on bassoon/bass clarinet, principal bassoonist in Molloy College community orchestra, volunteer in school pit band for drama productions, bassoonist in Valley Stream orchestra, 4 honor societies.
Essays should be decent, recs will be really good.
Chance me for:
Bowdoin
Conn College
Middlebury
Lafayette
SUNY Bing
GWU
Bates
Colby
Johns Hopkins
Thanks for your help and any other college suggestions would be much appreciated. :)</p>
<p>I like small New England schools but I am also looking into some bigger universities in the east, if anyone can make suggestions. Please?</p>
<p>Please? :)</p>
<p>If you can boost your scores up to the high 600's low 700's your chances will be much stronger at all the schools you listed. Your ec's show time commitment and you have a nice variety.</p>
<p>As of now:
Bowdoin - Low Reach
Conn College - Match
Middlebury - Low Reach
Lafayette - Match
SUNY Bing - Match-->Safety
GWU - Match
Bates - Low Reach
Colby - Reach
Johns Hopkins - High Reach</p>
<p>As for other colleges, I don't know what you are looking for at all but you can look at Syracuse, NYU, Bucknell, Dickinson, Skidmore, and Lehigh, all in the Northeast.</p>
<p>Thanks- I forgot about Dickinson and Skidmore.<br>
Anyone else have other input?</p>
<p>Here are some additional thoughts, from a seasoned parent with children at some of the most competitive schools. Middlebury is a very tough school to get into. Your scores need to rise considerably to have a chance of getting in there. The same is true for Hopkins.I would say that for most of those schools, you need to work on raising those SATs. I think that you are even low for Lafayette, and maybe for GW, as well. You can do it, though. Keep trying and you will achieve the scores you need. Meanwhile, I do have a great suggestion for you: Muhlenberg, in Pennsylvania. Great school, wonderful kids, and an outstanding reputation for getting its students into some of the best professional graduate schools. Skidmore is another possibility, but certainly not a "for sure." Good luck!</p>
<p>Only one school I can say something about is JHU. To be honest it is a reach. I mean you have okay SAT I's and good SAT II's (you need one more btw) and good e.c's, nothing too special</p>
<p>bowdoin, jhu, and middlebury are out of reach with those scores and lack of leadership. your regents and grades are impressive. i'd say you're in at everywhere else and have a shot at the big three reaches if you crack 2100.</p>
<p>Thanks- I actually don't really want to go to Middlebury or JHU all that much, but people just told me to look into them. I am really interested in Bowdoin however, as well as Conn College and Lafayette.<br>
Thanks for everyone's help!</p>
<p>Calhoun - Bowdoin is a significant reach but not impossible. Work to get the SAT scores over 700 and you have a shot.
Conn, Colby and Lafayette are slight reaches. As you can see below, Colby, Conn and Lafayette have acceptance rates twice that of Bowdoin. Although Bowdoin does not require SATs, your admission profile has to otherwise quite compelling for admission. Doesn't mean you should not apply, just make sure you have other options. </p>
<p>Bowdoin's overall acceptance rate for this year's entering class was 18.5% and regular decision just 16%. <a href="http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=2007-04-13§ion=1&id=4%5B/url%5D">http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=2007-04-13§ion=1&id=4</a>
And . . . the median SAT score is 700 CR and 700 math
<a href="http://academic.bowdoin.edu/ir/data/admissions.shtml%5B/url%5D">http://academic.bowdoin.edu/ir/data/admissions.shtml</a></p>
<p>Colby for 2010 had a 33% acceptance rate and nearly 50% of successful applicants had SATs in the 600 range
<a href="http://www.colby.edu/admissions_cs/about/stats.cfm%5B/url%5D">http://www.colby.edu/admissions_cs/about/stats.cfm</a></p>
<p>Conn College had an acceptance rate similar to Colby's for the class of 2011
<a href="http://www.conncoll.edu/admission/979.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.conncoll.edu/admission/979.htm</a></p>
<p>Lafayette's acceptance rate is also in the mid 30% range
<a href="http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/webex/lowacc_brief.php%5B/url%5D">http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/webex/lowacc_brief.php</a></p>
<p>Thanks so much! I'm actually going to Conn College this weekend for a tour and interview, and might do the same at Bowdoin later this year. And I'm getting an SAT tutor, so those scores should be higher as well.<br>
Thanks for everyone's help!</p>