Chance Me!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Grinnell College
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<p>Basic: Asian, Male, rural Washington
School: Public, virtually nobody goes on to top-colleges
Income: Less than $25,000
"Hooks" : Low-income, rural area, QuestBridge Finalist</p>

<p>ACT (best / superscored): 32 Comp 10 W/ 34 10 W
SAT Subject Tests: 760 Phys./760 Math II</p>

<p>GPA: 3.8 UW
Rank: 17th (Top 3%)
(Combo Killer 3.3 Junior GPA Average due to smoking pot)[Got over it]</p>

<p>ECs:
-Robotics | Vice-Pres (12),
-ASB Officer | Treasurer(12)
-Debate | (9-12), won some small awards from local conferences, nothing big
-Marching Band | Member(9), Section Leader(10-12) 3rd in state overall?
-Youth group | Coordinator<a href="9-12">Only Position</a>, typical community service
-Link Crew | (10-12), Mentor incoming freshman</p>

<p>I set up security systems and fix whatever(electrical wiring, computers, blah) for the poor(widows and the like).
I don't have any big nation-wide awards, olympiads, etc.</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>Well, I think you are in the ballpark. The SAT subject test scores are very good. Work hard on your essay and pick good teachers for letters of rec. Get to know your guidance counselor.</p>

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<p>Should I mention my old habits or can i just just skate through without too much flak?</p>

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<p>Don’t talk about pot on your college app, stupid.</p>

<p>You’ll probably be fine, even if you did have one semester with lowish grades, your overall is good enough and your ACT is at the 75th percentile. Rural and low income might be (very) small boosts as well.</p>

<p>I’m sure you’ll fit in with 90% of south campus.</p>

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<p>Hell yes! Lol I’m pretty excited.
Is it more beneficial to submit SAT I scores than ACT scores if I have a higher crit. reading + math (incremental) even with a ridiculously low writing score?</p>

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<p>Grinnell doesn’t look at the writing score, so go with the higher SAT V + M.</p>

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<p>I think you have a good chance. My brother had a much lower GPA, like a 3.3 unweighted, but he got in. However, he did have nearly perfect test scores. He also interviewed at Grinnell twice. If you show interest, that will help a lot I think. We’re from Washington as well, although not a very rural part of Washington.</p>

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<p>I agree and think you have a good chance. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Just for future use by other CCers.
I was an RD Admit.</p>

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<p>Attending?</p>

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<p>I too am going to apply!!</p>

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<p>"[F]it in with 90% of south campus." Inside joke?</p>

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<p>I think south campus is where the “hippies” hang out. Is that where Mary B James dorm is? North campus maybe the “jocks”? That’s where the athletic fields and gyms are.</p>

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<p>Betievt summed up the stereotypes well, but they are just that, stereotypes.</p>

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<p>Yes, my son would never call himself a hippie, but he liked south campus best. He did work out at the athletic facilities too.</p>