Chances at Colby.. rough GPA/scores

Colleges and Universities A-Z Colby College
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<p>I want to major in Poly Sci/Pre-Law
My interview with one of the admissions directors went great!</p>

<p>Graduating: 2008
Ethnicity: White
High School: Sends some grads to top schools (yale, mit, some to duke, georgetown, usc, BC, etc.)
Middle-Class/Will Apply for fin. Aid</p>

<p>GPA: 3.4UW, 3.6W
Class Rank: Top 25%.. 64/312
SAT: 1710/2400 (1110/1600) 590CR 520M 600W
ACT: 25 COMPOSITE 27E 29R 21M 23SCI 10 Essay</p>

<p>Freshman: All college classes
Soph: 2 Honors, 3 college, 1 elective (req.)
Junior: 2 AP, 2 Honors, 1 college, 1 elective
Senior: 1 AP, 2 Honors, 3 academic electives (Phsyc, Business, etc)</p>

<p>-Varsity Hockey (9 10 11 12, Senior Leader, 4X letterman)
-Hockey Intramural (10 11 12) Team captain
-Summer Hockey Camp (Summer 06)
-Summer Hockey Training (Summer 07)</p>

<p>-Stock & Investments Club (10 11 12, President 12)
Placed in top 10% in '06 and top 18% in '07 (in the state)
-Community Awareness Club (11 12, Senior Leader 12)
-National Spanish Honor Society (11 12, Secretary 12)
-Tutoring in Spanish (11, 12)
-Student council (9 10 11 12) *Senior Class President
-Other random comm. service opportunities</p>

<p>-Job at Law Office (2 years)
-Lawyer Shadowing (Summer 07)
-Internship at Marketing company (Summer 06)
-Have own web/graphic design business (4 years)</p>

<p>Other schools i'm applying to:
Colby
USC
Loyola Marymount
Umass Amherst (Accepted)
U San Diego
Boston University</p>

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<p>Standardized testing
(Class of 2011, middle 50%) SAT: 630-730 crit. reading, 640-720 math, 630-720 writing
ACT: 27-31</p>

<p>percent of students with scores between 500-599 (for the class of 2011)
11%cr 8%m </p>

<p>your scores are on the weak side, but the great thing about colby is that they really really take into consideration other parts of your application. I think that the things you have done with lawyers and such show that is something you are interested in. did you express this in your app?</p>

<p>Depending on your essays (which i think are really really important) i think that you have a viable shot at getting into Colby. but i am just another senior who wants to go to colby next year too.</p>

<p>GOOD LUCK!!</p>

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<p>Colby is superbly strong in political science/government. There is a very interesting article in the current issue about the number of Colby grads/students involved in political campaigns - way out of proportion to the size of the college.
I agree with woohoo your stats are low and your course of study isn't very aggressive compared to other Colby applicants. Great thing you are in at UMass, your best shot here is to have outstanding recs/essays and interview. Best of luck!</p>

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<p>Sorry, I meant to say Colby magazine, here is the link:</p>

<p>The</a> Making of a President | Colby Magazine | Winter 2008</p>

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<p>my essays were great. I wrote the main one about an EC, web design (my business), and I wrote the supplement about my freshman year and what I learned from it. my gpa freshman year was a 2.4/2.8. I had a huge upward trend to a 3.7/3.7 sophomore and 4.3/4.2 junior. My interview also went great we talked a lot about all of the opportunities for polysci majors and interships with lawyers, etc. I knwo i'm not a really strong candidate scores wise but i'm hoping my ECs/essays/interview can get me in.</p>