Chance me RD: Brown, Bowdoin, Duke, Dartmouth

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi all,
Having a mini panic attack regarding colleges. Deferred from both my top choices early. Would like to know what you guys think for me. I applied to 16 schools and will post them all if need be, but would like to know regarding Brown, Bowdoin, and Dartmouth mainly. On to the good stuff.</p>

<p>Academics:
GPA: 3.85 UW, 4.2 W, will go up a little in each, had a strong first semester.
SAT: 2270 (710 CR, 800 M, 760 W)
SAT II: 760 USH, 740 Lit, 700 Math I
APs: APES, USH, Calc AB & BC, Lit, Lang, Chem, Gov
Competitive private school with no ranking
Intended Major: PoliSci/Undecided (I listed political science, but am close to undecided)</p>

<p>EC's:
Founder/editor in chief of school newspaper
Starting varsity goaltender for 3 years in lacrosse
Also start on very competitive travel lacrosse team
Attended Boys' State program, elected to House Majority Leader
Volunteered at summer program for underprivileged youths in inner city, specifically teaching lacrosse
Interned full time with minor league baseball team in sports management and business
Will serve as a page in state legislature in spring
Co-Chair of Senior committee
couple other ec's with strong leadership, dont want to list b/c they are pretty specific to me. </p>

<p>Honors:
NMS Commended Scholar
AP Scholar with Honor
Mu Alpha Theta (math honors society)
French Honors Society
Social Studies Departmental award
Most improved player for lacrosse team
Should be inducted into Cum Laude Society in spring</p>

<p>Essays/Recs:
Counselor's should be above average, albeit a little generic. She likes me but not sure how much
Teacher recs should both be stellar. Both really like me and told me that they were stellar, waived right to read them
Also will have an additional rec from my internship supervisor. It is great, maybe a little short though.
Common App essays were both rock solid. One highlighted internship, other talked about love of writing, ties in to newspaper I founded. </p>

<p>No real hook I'm afraid. Any help would be much appreciated.</p>

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<p>I’m very similar to you (scores, classes, awards, EC involvement) and was wait listed at both Bowdoin and Dartmouth last year. Unfortunately, I only see these two schools getting more competitive…make sure those supplements are amazing. Best of luck!</p>

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<p>Bump please</p>

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<p>Bump again. Anybody?</p>

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<p>I think you look competitive. But our opinions won’t really matter and we can’t predict admissions. However I will tell you that you will almost certainly get in if you can get on the Lax coach’s recruit list. I know it’s tough because they are DI but sometimes they bring on players to bring up the total team’s GPA and Academic stats. And you do say you start on a competitive travel team, which I know from my brother’s lax experience is a big deal. If you don’t mind me asking, which club team do you start on. To keep anonymity, you can PM me the team, I’m just curious about just how competitive.</p>