Chances at LACs

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Ok, so I've done quite a bit of research on chances and this is my last stop. I'm applying to several liberal arts colleges (mostly top 20). Anyways here they are:</p>

<p>Haverford (ED)
Middlebury
Hamilton
Wesleyan
Colgate
Vassar</p>

<p>My friends and my counselor believe that my chances are in the target zone, but after coming to these message boards, I've been scared cold by "chances" posts by applicants with near perfect scores and endless ECs only to have someone respond with "you have a chance" instead of "you have a great chance".</p>

<p>Anyways heres my academic record:</p>

<p>-3.5-3.6 (Maybe, I have a simple average of 92...not sure what that is in terms of GPA)
-720M 660CR 700W
-Bio 700 Chem 750 US Hist. 630(Big mistake....this was harder than the AP IMO)
-4 APs, 3 Honors</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>-School Orchestra
-NYYS Chamber Music Program (I play violin in a striong quartet)
-NYYSMA Exam (During mIddle school though) Level 5 - 98 Level 6 - 97
-Key Club (Through this club I've done lots of community service such as soup kitchens, park clean ups and walks such as AIDS walk or March of Dimes)
-Volunteer Lab Assistant (Summer job...counts as both work experience and volunteer I guess. I worked in a lab studying possible vaccines for malaria in rodent models).
-Treasurer for Badminton Club</p>

<p>Other Stuff:</p>

<p>Asian Male (Born in China, Citizen of China and Perm.Res. of US)
Both parents are reserachers (Both went to college in China)
No Religion (Atheist...but no one likes an atheist right?)
Middle Class Income
Public Scholl (Bronx Science)</p>

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<p>Crazy as this sounds, you have a good shot at most of the schools. Decent at Wesleyan & Colgate.</p>

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<p>you need a safety or two. all of the schools you listed are very competitive.</p>

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<p>^^^</p>

<p>Noted already...these are just the schools I am unsure of. </p>

<p>I'm applying to RPI, Binghamton and Stonybrook (loves my school for some reason...we have on site admissions for this stony at bx science).</p>

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<p>BTW...would it help if I contacted the head of the music department? If so, what would I say?</p>