Chance Me

Colleges and Universities A-Z Colgate University
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<p>I'm a junior female from a small town in NJ. I attend a competitive public high school.</p>

<p>Junior Year Classes:
AP BIO
AP LANG AND COMP
AP US I
Honors French 4
Pre Calc
plus electives</p>

<p>Senior Year Prospective Classes:
AP LIT
AP US 2
AP FRENCH 5
AP STATS
AP EURO
Physics</p>

<p>GPA W: 4.25 but likely to go up
GPA UW: 4.0 </p>

<p>Don't have SAT scores yet, I know that makes it hard to chance. Sorry. I HOPE to get 2000+. </p>

<p>ECS:
3 year writer for Newspaper - Editor as a senior (hopefully)
Leader at my church (help run retreats, give speeches on retreats, conduct discussion groups)
Lacrosse every year
Key Club
Big Brother/Big Sister once a week a couple towns over.. I mentor/tutor/and play with a 5th grade boy.. senior year will be my 3rd year with the same kid
National Honors Society
French Honors Society
3-4 Days a week I tutor 3 girls in my town who moved to the US from France 4 years ago. I have been tutoring them since I was a freshman. We have grown very close, and I will most likely be writing my essay on my relationship/experience with them! </p>

<p>I know it is really difficult to chance me with out SATs but if you could just try...</p>

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<p>I can’t imagine you not getting in if your test scores are where you expect them to be.</p>

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<p>With those ECs and that GPA, what are the LOWEST test scores I can get and still have a very decent chance of getting into Colgate?</p>

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<p>Personally, I would say 2000. I think that if you get 2000+ you have a very decent chance. If you get a 1950, I think you will still get in though. Under 1950, I’m not as sure.</p>

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<li>But there is no cut-and-dried distinction between very decent chance and moderately average chance.</li>
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<p>You have a tough load of classes, great grades, and good extracuricculars. However it is definitely hard to say without SATs, I agree that probably aim for a 2000+ and you’ll have a good chance of getting in. Your recommendations and essays are important too though!</p>

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<p>thanks everybody for responding</p>

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<p>My D had similar stats to yours. She is a junior now. I think she had a 2085 on the SATs. She got in ED. It is a little easier to get in if you apply ED, so if you know you Colgate is your first choice, you might want to try ED. Also, I think they give the essays a lot of weight. The Dean of Admissions wrote a note on D’s acceptance letter about how much they enjoyed her essay about our dog. So, it never hurts to write a good essay.
Hers was a funny story about the adoption of our dog, who had a horrible case of pneumonia and an unfortunately bad hair day.
Good luck!</p>