chance this indian nerd from jersey

Colleges and Universities A-Z Swarthmore College
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<p>Gender: M
Race: Indian
Location: suburban NJ (HS ranked 4th statewide recently)
SAT: 2370 (800 M, 770 CR, 800 W), 1 sitting, not superscored
PSAT: 226 (so should get semi-finalist before ED time rolls around)</p>

<p>-SAT IIs: 800 Chem, 800 US History, 800 Bio, 800 Math II, 800 World History
-GPA: 95.50 weighted, 4.1/4.0, top 10%, school doesn't rank </p>

<p>APs
-Chem 5
-Bio 5
-Stat 5
-US Hist 5
-Calc AB 5
English Lang 5
-I guess I would be "AP Scholar with Distinction", I know it doesn't mean much</p>

<p>Senior Year APs
-Calc BC, Physics C, English Lit, Gov + politics, Econ</p>

<p>-ECs: 4 year wreslter, JV sportsmanship award, no great awards/hooks</p>

<p>-300hrs comm. service at local hospital
-3 yr Model UN and Youth and Government member
-Exec Council for Model Congress (club got funds taken away end of soph year, had to disband)</p>

<p>-spent summer between jr + sr yrs in EMT class (120 hrs class) + will be EMT for 3 months before applying ED to any school (12 hrs/week commitment)
-summer jobs as lifegaurd (summer before sr year), 10 hrs/wk</p>

<p>What are my chances at Swat? If Swat students/alumni could respond, that would be great.</p>

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<p>At least 85%, though you’ll need to convince the admissions office that you’re serious about wanting to go to Swarthmore and not treating it as a safety school or second choice just in case the Harvard/Princeton/MIT type school where you really want to go rejects you. If you make that clear, and play up the community service and EMT angles, it seems like you’re almost a lock.</p>

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<p>If you are applying ED, you’re in.
RD you are probably also in.
If Swarthmore is not your first choice, you can try applying to your first choice school EA/ED, and if that does not work out, ED II to Swarthmore.</p>

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<p>I’m a Swarthmore alum. </p>

<p>Your grades/scores are great. Your ECs are mediocre. You have a solid shot, imo, but you’d need strong essays that bring you together as a package to be as sure as AE/nngmm suggest.</p>

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<p>i’m a student from nepal…
got a 2070 sat 1 score : CR: 660, math: 710, Writing: 700
these scores are average in swarthmore’s case…i’m givin my sat 2 this oct. in biologym math 1 n math 2. hopefully they’ll go okay…
my EC’s are okay… community service 250 hrs. n work experince 6 months
my essays are cumin aroun ok…the recomenadtions n trasncripts ought to be gud
my rank is 1 out of 100 students at a compettive private school
i got straight A;s in the CIE A level exams (accounts, economics, business, english language n mathematics) </p>

<p>i’m plannin to do ED.
i think my weakest point is the SAT scores… shud i retake it in oct and do a Regular decision (tho i’m doubt the scores will increase to more than a 2150) or do i have a chance???</p>