<p>I was deferred EA, and I sent in my midyear grades a few weeks ago. I also sent in a letter and an updated resume. Think I'll get in? </p>
<p>unweighted gpa = 3.56 weighted= 4.0
SAT: 1860
White Female
In one of the most, if not the most, competitive public school districts in North Carolina </p>
<p>Senior Year Courses = very rigorous </p>
<p><strong>EC's</strong> + I have the most service learning hours in my grade
-founder/co-president of the Amnesty International Club (11,12)
-founder/co-president of the Movie Club (11, 12)
-Junior Advisory Guide (11) Senior Advisory Guide (12)
-treasurer of National Honor Society (11, 12)
-JV Volleyball Captain + on Varisty (10)
-In Academy of International Studies at my school + A.I.S Board (10, 11,12)
-Graduation Project Committee (11, 12)</p>
<p>I have over 500 service learning hours:
-volunteer at local elementary school every summer (9, 10, 11)
-voluneer at local library (10, 11)
-CIT for 3 weeks at a YMCA Camp (10)
-volunteer counselor at an Art Camp (9)
-volunteer at local walks (9, 10)
-childrens soccer coach (9, 10, 11)
-I stay afterschool to fundraise for the Amnesty Club-which gets me more service hours</p>
<p>It is so hard to get a sense of who might get accepted at this point. I was stunned when I read on this board the exceptional stats of so many applicants that applied EA and were deferred. In addition, no one knows at this point the strength of the RD applicant pool. </p>
<p>On a plus side, your stats certainly look solid. In addition there are many students that applied EA and were accepted but will choose not to attend Elon so that creates some additional openings. Good luck!</p>
<p>You’ve got too many extracurriculars, many of which are of little substance. In most cases, less is more. Admissions committee often prefer less EC’s and greater involvement than just superficial involvement in a wide variety of activities. They are looking for quality, not quantity. There are some EC’s that you should have left off altogether … “movie club”? What is the qualification / objective of this club? Watching movies? Is this for real? This makes you look like a dilettante or simply window dressing your credentials.</p>
<p>Ivy Tower: first of all, are you implying that my involvement in these clubs is superficial, and that I don’t actually care about what i’m doing? I wouldn’t have so many service learning hours if i didn’t care. secondly, do you know for a fact that I listed ALL of these extracurriculars on my application? And thirdly, since you have no idea what the movie club does or doesn’t do, i suggest you don’t say that it makes me look like a “dilettante”
you sound like a ******bag.</p>
<p>Well, if you are going to post your credentials and solicit feedback you have to be prepared that some are going to respond with some honest feedback. You asked, I responded. If what you are asking for is a reassuring pat on the back I can also provide that but I don’t think that would help in the long run. Rest assured, no malice is intended and I am sorry you’ve taken insult to my comments. I hope things work out for you in the end.</p>
<p>while i appreciate honesty, your comment came off as very rude. i suggest you change your approach to giving “honest” feedback, as some people may take it the wrong way, like me.</p>
<p>Lolygagha I didn’t take IvyTower’s feedback as rude at all. I’m sorry you did but sometimes when you ask for feedback you have to take what you get gracefully and see if you can use the prospective. Good Luck</p>
<p>Not rude at all. People can read too much between the lines on e-mails and chats. Much like reading resumes for job candidates admission reps read applications trying to determine how much is “padding”. Ivy Tower has a point when advising on how an app might look. He is not saying you are a dilettante rather that if you don’t construct your application correctly you might look like one. Learning to emphasize core strenths is important. These folks sort through thousands of applications and they are going to focus on the core -whatever that might be for each individual. Too much periphary detracts from the main emphasis.</p>
<p>Well then, LolyGAGAa, why did you list all of those extracurriculars in this thread if they weren’t even listed on your Elon application? I’m pretty sure the point of you listing out your stats in the original post is for us to try to see through the perspective of Elon’s admission committee in order to tell you your chances. I don’t think IvyTower is foolish for not assuming that you listed out unimportant extracurriculars here for the heck of it. Maybe if you told us what you enabled Elon to actually know about you through your application we could give you better feedback. If you didn’t take the 5 slots to emphasize extracurriculars that are particularly important to you and that you’ve devoted a lot of time to throughout 4 years of highschool, what IvyTower said still applies.</p>
<p>According to my child’s guidance counselor, your chances of getting accepted into Elon are HIGHER if you live in the state of NC. </p>
<p>Only 25 -27% of students enrolled at Elon are from the state of NC. The rest live out of state with the majority of students coming from the mid-atlantic and the New England region.</p>