Chance?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Middlebury College
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This is for a friend FYI! She is deciding whether to ED Midd or Bowdoin

GPA: 3.79-3.8 UW 4.15 W (straight A’s freshman and junior year, one C and 2 B’s sophomore, so far all A’s senior) (C was in a French class, but she is trilingual in English, German, and Dutch))
Approx 11 AP classes once graduated. english language(4)env science(5) U.S. history (5) Stats (5) biology(4) world (3) calc AB (5)
ACT:33 SAT: 2160 (700 M 700 CR 760 W) SAT2: math2(790) German (800)
EC: musician for 12+ years, played at a major concert hall a couple years ago, plays at lunch service at a hotel every month. Can play 3 instruments well.
Over 200 volunteer hours at a hospital. Participated in a selective neuroscience camp and medical explorations camp. Club representative for two clubs (leadership positon), member of the club council, student government, worked at volunteered at a farmers market and was secretary of the homeless shelter club. Peer tutor for 3 years, co instructor for yoga for 4 years and part time job at a catering company during the summer. studied abroad in Germany for 2 winters and took 2 comm college classes (psych and sociology 101: A, A)
Intended major: env science w/ premed track. (Possibly double in German))
State: CA (underrepresented urban area)
Family income: 130k<
She is also first gen. She visited the campus last summer.

She is wondering if she has a chance for midd at all because of her C in French (she does not hope to continue it further). Her rank is not very severely affected by it (top 8-9%) but she is paranoid and wanted me to copy and paste her information. Thank you!!

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If she isn’t sure, she shouldn’t apply ED to either.

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@arcadia she has visited both but is leaning towards midd (has family in Burlington).

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“She is wondering if she has a chance for Midd at all because of her C in French”

Middlebury is apparently pretty flexible in applicant review and will take students that they like under holistic* considerations even when their entire GPA is well below your friend’s. The one C in French should not be a major factor. Bowdoin seems to have a similar review process.

*Based on USNWR profiles in which students were accepted at Middlebury and Bowdoin with a 3.2 GPA/26 ACT and a 3.3 GPA/1650 SAT, respectively (ACT/SAT possibly not submitted).

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I agree, the C should not hurt her (especially if she is already fluent in multiple languages) if admissions feels like she is a good fit. She seems like a strong candidate, and she should only apply ED if she has a clear preference for Middlebury!