Chance me?

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<p>Hey guys, I know my gpa is low but I was wondering if you think everything else might make up for it? I chance back.
Chance me for Bowdoin and how much does applying ED help?</p>

<p>SATs:
Math: 800
Reading (retaking this weekend): 680
Writing: 790
total: 2270
total (without writing): 1480</p>

<p>Math II Subject test: 750
Biology (M): 730</p>

<p>unweighted: 3.62
weighted: 3.92 (steady improvement all throughout except a C in AP Bio second semester junior year)</p>

<p>Courses: first semester grade, second semester grade</p>

<p>Freshman (easy school oriented toward improving graduation rate):
H English
H History
Biology
Geometry
Spanish II
Drama
PE</p>

<p>summer:
1 semester honors courses at Berkeley in English and Marine Bio. and online health </p>

<p>Sophomore (top school with top students, very competitive)
H English
AP World History
Chemistry
Honors Alg. 2/ trig
Spanish III
Beginning Journalism</p>

<p>Junior
AP English Lang.
AP US History
Honors Pre-Calc
AP Biology
AP Physics B
Newspaper</p>

<p>summer: online AP Gov, online AP Econ</p>

<p>Senior
AP English Lit.
AP Art History
AP Calc AB
AP Physics C
PE
Newspaper</p>

<p>ECs:
Theater:
drama club all 4 years
acted in a musical freshman year
worked props for a show sophomore year
worked as stage manager for a show junior year
quit theater senior year due to politics
awards: Best Stage Manager (school-wide) 2011-2012</p>

<p>Publications:
Newspaper:
staff writer freshman year
had to transfer to a new school and had to take their beginning journalism course (didn’t make it onto the school newspaper until sophomore year), staff writer again junior year, entertainment editor senior year
awards: individual: Review Writing-Superior (highest honor nationwide), newspaper: Best in Show (highest honor nationwide), 4th Best in Show (the previos year)</p>

<p>Other:
Literary Magazine:
submitted and published sophomore year, editor junior and senior year
awards: Best in Show my junior year
Science Journal:
writer sophomore year, biology editor junior year, biology editor and designer senior year</p>

<p>Letters of Recommendation:
unsure which one’s I’m sending in
history teacher (9th and 12th): told me my letter would be easy to write without my asking
english teacher (11): also told me my letter would be easy to write without my asking
journalism teacher (and newspaper advisor 10th, 11th, 12th): loves all her journalism students
physics teacher (11th and 12th): good but nothing special</p>

<p>Thanks so much in advance!</p>

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<p>i think you’ve got a good shot, but just be sure to get that reading score up. you’ll want to submit the other scores. also, does your school rank? i think bowdoin cares more about the rank than your gpa if the school does in fact rank. finally, go with the teacher recs written by people who love you. sounds like you have two who already do. good luck!</p>

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<p>My school doesn’t rank, but they send a class profil that breaks down the top 25% and top 50% and so on. I don’t rank very high on that though because a lot of kids at my school take “easy aps” or manipulate their schedules to get easy teachers, so their gpas are significantly higher than mine. I am worried that my history and english teachers will write very similar things and that Bowdoin would want to see what my science teacher has to say. I was considering writing to them and asking them which letters they wanted and sending those. Also would you recommend I send the journalism letter? Also, what other scores should I submit?</p>