chance of acceptance, please

Colleges and Universities A-Z Swarthmore College
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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>Swarthmore, among others (you may have seen this post somewhere else), seems very appealing. As students who have been accepted first-hand, can you guys please tell me what my chances are? I think my GPA will kill me..</p>

<p>Freshman Year:
slacked... ended with a 3.4 GPA avg
H. Bio
H. Alg II
Geography
Spanish I
P.E.
H. English</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
slacked again.. ended with 3.5
AP Chem
Drama
H. Pre-Cal
H. World History
H. English
Spanish II</p>

<p>Junior Year (this year)
stopped slacking and picked up my pace with a 3.83
AP. Calc BC
AP. Physics
ROP Virtual Enterprise
Spanish III
APUSH
AP English</p>

<p>Senior year (next year)
AP. Statistics
AP. Bio
AP. Spanish
AP. English
AP. Government/Econ</p>

<p>(I'm taking the most rigorous courseload to make up for my slacking in the beginning of the year)</p>

<p>I'm planning on taking 11 APs total, with the most rigorous course load that my school offers. I have decent SAT scores (I'm hoping to hit 2250 on the new SAT) and I am a varsity swimmer. I have 300 hours of community service (couldn't get a summer job at 15 so I decided to volunteer fulltime at the nearest hospital). I think I have enough extracurriculars (planning on being president of a community service club among others...) recommendations should be decent and the essay should turn out fairly well. I'm quite outspoken; many teachers know me well. </p>

<p>my academic GPA is a 3.61 and my weighed GPA is about a 4.3</p>

<p>thanks guys :)</p>

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<p>You have a decent chance. :D</p>

<p>I think 2250 New = 1500 Old SAT. And your upward trend in terms of GPA is certainly a good thing. As for Swarthmore specifically, do a lot of research on this school and try to visit if you can. The essay question "why swarthmore" has a lot of weight.</p>

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<p>Not really enough information to even make a wild guess. For example, we don't even know the most basic stuff like race or ethnicity. We don't know your class rank relative to the type of high school. </p>

<p>Those things would be two of the most signficant factors Swarthmore considers in terms of "making the cut" for further evaluation.</p>