<p>The title pretty much explains it all, I would really appreciate anyone's input, Thanks!</p>
<p>Schools I am applying to</p>
<p>Bard College (applying through Immediate Decision Plan)
Oberlin College
Goucher College
Clark university
Clarkson university
R.I.T
SUNY Binghamton
SUNY New Paltz
Hampshire College</p>
<p>SAT- 2000</p>
<p>AP exams</p>
<p>US history-3</p>
<p>Extracurriculars</p>
<p>School's Ski club
Class council member
School's Cross country team
National Honors society
Volunteer with Habitat for Humanity (20hr)
Volunteer at local assisted living home for the elderly (a lot of hours, lost count)
School's recycling club member
School's big brother/big sister program (help freshman adjust to high school)
Employed at YMCA
Summer program where I got to spend a week at one of the largest science research centers in the world
Took IB English year 1 over the summer (extracurricular?)</p>
<p>GPA- 3.7 out of 4.0 (weighted)</p>
<p>Course load</p>
<p>4 IB classes by graduation (5 if you count the work I did over the summer)
3 Honors classes by graduation
16 college credits through programs run by both the local community college and a large well known university
All the rest of my classes have been regular</p>
<p>Intended major-engineering (might help my chances at liberal arts colleges looking for more science/math students?)</p>
<p>Also I am a guy-would this help me at colleges like Bard who have a skewed male/female ratio?</p>
<p>bard - match
oberlin -low reach
goucher - never heard of
Dont know about the rest either</p>
<p>For lower tier schools ( no offense i just mean not top 20) just use college board website and look at the SAT ranges and GPA</p>
<p>Your GPA should be above 3.75 and if your SAT falls in lower 25% it is a great reach, mid 50% it is a match, and upper 75% it is a probable. You can predict your chances very well like this for the lower tier schools</p>
<p>Bard College (applying through Immediate Decision Plan) - not familiar with this plan
Oberlin College - reach
Goucher College - match
Clark university - match
Clarkson university - match
R.I.T - match
SUNY Binghamton - low reach
SUNY New Paltz - safety/match
Hampshire College - low reach</p>
<p>Is Bard your first choice then? Have you visited any of the schools yet? They are all very different. If you have any questions about SUNY New Paltz…my son transferred there.</p>
<p>I don’t think Bard and New Paltz are all that similar except for being liberal arts schools in upstate NY.
Bard is a private school and has a reputation of having a more intellectual and wealthy population. New Paltz students would be more money conscious and middle class. While both supposedly have creative and artsy students, NP is very down to earth while Bard is supposed to have students with more of an attitude of “I’m special and different.”
Bard’s faculty gets very involved with students from what I’ve heard, while NP has more typical professor/student relationships. Both have small class sizes but Bard is a much smaller school. Social life at Bard is very limited. NP has more going on.
If I can answer any questions feel free to ask.</p>