Chance me?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Swarthmore College
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<p>I see these threads all the time and can't resist posting my own. Here we go:</p>

<p>Caucasian
Upper middle class
Female
From Cleveland, Ohio
Attended all-girls private school from 10-12th grade; attended a large public school in 9th grade in Hunterdon County, NJ
No legacy, no Quaker affiliation
Applying early decision (Other schools I'm applying to are Bryn Mawr, Haverford, Skidmore, and Smith. Maybe Vassar, Wellesley, and Mt. Holyoke. Chance me for those too, if you want!)</p>

<p>GPA: 3.9, unweighted.
School doesn't do class rank, but probably in the top 5-10% of a VERY competitive school.</p>

<p>Freshman Year:
Honors English (A+)
Honors American History II (A+)
Honors Geometry (A-)
Spanish II (A)
Honors Physics (A)
Electives: health, phys. ed., guitar, interior design, cooking (all semester classes)</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
Honors English (A)
Honors Algebra II (B+)
AP Chemistry--> Chemistry I (moved to a different state in November, wouldn't allow me to take AP Chem) (C--> A)
AP World History (A, 5)
Spanish III (A-)
Art I (A)
Health, Phys. Ed</p>

<p>Junior Year:
AP English Lang. (A, 5)
AP US History (A, 4)
Honors Spanish 4 (A-)
Honors Pre-Calc AB (A)
Biology I (A)
Latin I (A+)
Fitness (A+, semester course)</p>

<p>Senior Year (first quarter):
AP Calc AB (A-)
AP English Lit. (A-)
AP Biology (A+)
AP American Government (A)/AP Comparative Politics (2nd semester)
Hispanic Cinema (A+)</p>

<p>School Activities:
GSA, 9-12th grade, co-president
Fencing, 9-10th grade, JV (new school didn't offer fencing)
peer tutor, 12th grade</p>

<p>Outside of School:
Tae Kwon Do, 9-12th grade, black belt (~4 hrs. per week)
Assistant Instructor of Tae Kwon Do, 12th grade (~8 hrs. per week, paid)
Arabic private instruction, 12th grade (~2 hours per week)
Babysitting</p>

<p>Summer Activites:
JHU-CTY, 6th-11th grade. (Classes taken: Model UN, psychology, Ancient Greek I, Crafting the Essay, existentialism)
NYLC (leadership program for youth interested in American government), 11th grade
Summer@Brown, 12th grade (Took Intro to Modern Standard Arabic)</p>

<p>Awards:
AP Scholar
National Merit Commended Student
JHU Talented Youth
High Honor Roll all 4 years of high school
various little nominations</p>

<p>So, I know I'm not as insanely qualified as some of the people who post here, but I'm not a robot. I have interests I'm passionate about (Tae Kwon Do, Arabic, and government) and I do well in school, but I haven't lived my high school life just for the college admissions process.</p>

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<p>Whoops, forgot my scores.</p>

<p>SAT: 750 Reading, 730 Writing (12 essay) 700 Math
SAT II: 690 World History, English Literature, and Spanish (no listening). 680 Math I. 770 Math II. (These are really pretty disappointing, especially the Literature).
ACT with writing: I honestly don't remember the individual sections. I know I got a 33 over all.</p>

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<p>You have solid standardized test scores, good GPA...no one's a sure thing for Swarthmore, but you're obviously interested if you're ED, and as long as you make your passions well-known to admissions, you'll have tried your best and I think you stand a good shot. :] From an on-paper point of view, I had similar stats when I applied ED last year, which does not indicate that they will necessarily accept you, but it does indicate that it's entirely possible for you to get in, particularly ED and particularly demonstrating to them what you love and how that'll help Swarthmore!</p>