Chance me?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Bowdoin College
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<p>state: NJ
ethnicity: white
School: Private Parochial school (very competitive)
Rank: school doesn’t rank
GPA W: 4.46 (my school has high inflation) UW: 4.0
96.4%W, 92.6%UW
SAT: 2150= 780 writing, 720 reading, 650 Math
SAT 2: 690 Chem, going to take English, spanish, and Math 1 in october
AP Exam(s): AP US history: 4. AP Chem: 4 AP English lang: 4</p>

<p>–Classes (excluding fresh and soph year, which I got all As in all high honors courses)</p>

<p>Junior: AP US history (A), AP chemistry (B+), English High honors (A-), Precalculus honors (A), Religion (A+), Spanish 3 High Honors (A), </p>

<p>Senior (upcoming year): AP Calc, AP government, AP English Lit, AP Spanish, Physics HH, Religion, photography</p>

<p>At my school, I took the most APs possible, no others were offered. I had/have the most rigorous schedule possible.</p>

<p>Extra-curriculars:</p>

<p>-Clubs:
Spanish Club (bakesale coordinator junior year , president senior year
member 10-12 grade)
Book Club (member 9-12, Co-President 12)
Ice Skating Club (Creator/President 12th grade)
Angel Ambassadors
(select group of students from my school to work the open houses, give tours, special
events, etc.
member 10-12 (greatest number of years possible) )
Operation smile
( member 9-12)</p>

<p>-Awards/Honors:
AP scholar (junior year)
bronze award for National Spanish exam (11th grade)
National Honors Society (11th grade) (running for president this year)
Spanish National Honors Society (11th grade)
Science National Honors Society (12th grade)
Honor roll/Principal’s list every quarter</p>

<p>-Sports
Varsity Golf Team (9-12 grade)
Ice hockey travel teams (since 6 years old)
((looking to play club in college, not varsity))</p>

<p>-Summers/Work
various hockey and golf camps throughout the years (like at Princeton),
Rassias Summer language immersion program in spain (10th grade) for 1 month
Middlebury-Montery Spanish immersion program (11th grade) 1 month
Babysitter (since 8th grade)
tutor
Summer camp counselor (9-12 grade)
Sales clerk at clothing store (10th grade)</p>

<p>-extra
My common app essay is really good, and on an unusual topic: being a jew in a catholic school. it is very well written. </p>

<p>THANK YOU!</p>

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<p>can anyone help?!</p>

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<p>Just curious - how can you have an unweighted GPA of 4.0 if you had a B+ in AP Chemistry?</p>

<p>For “chancing” you - you do realize that no one here can possibly give you an idea of your chances, right? You can only look at the stats of enrolled students and see if you are in range or not. And you are.</p>

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<p>If you don’t have a chance then I don’t! I would say your chances are very good, especially if you can get a >700 subject test. I wouldn’t submit math 1 if I were you, most selective colleges don’t even take it seriously. And yeah^^how can you have a 4.0 unweighted with a B+ and an A-? RD 65% chance, ED 75% chance, IMO</p>

<p>Chance me back? I can’t link it right now but it’s pretty recent in the Bowdoin forum, “Chance an athletic recruit for ED?”</p>

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<p>I have a 4.0 according to College board (93-96 UW)= 4.0 GPA.
and I know these chancing posts aren’t accurate, just interesting in what people think.
And thank you alligatorblood! Yes I took the spanish and LIt SAT 2s, and I feel very good about those. Definitely think 700+. I don’t think I did well on math1 anyway.
thank you guys:) So nervous. just stressing</p>

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<p>I THINK the way to convert percentile to 4.0 gpa is to convert EVERY GRADE using the scale that they use and THEN average. That way, if you’ve got any grade that is not a straight up A (93 or higher) you will not have a 4.0.</p>

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<p>pretty sure thats not it</p>

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<p>Evidence? It’s the way that would make the most sense. People using a traditional 4.0 scale don’t get to make their B+'s vanish by averaging them with A+'s, but your way does. Using the method I suggested, 99’s don’t help you any more than 93’s, in the same way that all A’s (and A+'s) are simply A’s. There’s no such thing as a ‘really good A’ from a gpa standpoint.</p>

<p>But hey, I’m prepared to be proved wrong. I’d just be suprised, since your method would give the percentile folks a clear advantage, in my view.</p>

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<p>Upon further reflection, the correct method for converting percentile to 4.0 gpa for the purposes of filling in the little gpa box on the common app is probably ‘whatever your school’s college counselor recommends’. :)</p>