Chances at mid-top LACs?!?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>18% out of 1140 students at a competitive high school in texas.</p>

<p>Weighted GPA: 4.1-4.2-ish
Unweighted: 3.0-3.6 (no clue how to calculate this)</p>

<p>SAT: 1320 (700v 620m)
SAT IIs: Not sure yet...</p>

<p>ACT: Taking on saturday, hoping for a 32+</p>

<p>AP Classes taken:</p>

<p>AP European History: 5
AP U.S. History: 5
AP Human Geography: 5
AP World History: 4
AP English Lang/Comp: 4
AP Music Theory: 3
AP Government: (Taking this yr)
AP Economics: (Taking this yr)
AP English Lit/Comp: (Taking this yr)
AP Psychology: (Taking this yr)
AP Statistics: (Taking this yr)</p>

<p>E.C.s:</p>

<p>---Music---</p>

<p>-Guitar:</p>

<ul>
<li>Placed 1st in my heat in the Guitar Center sponsored "Guitarmageddon" and placed 2nd in the north houston area. </li>
</ul>

<p>-Received a scholarship to attend a 5 wk summer program at the Berklee College of Music - Placed in all level 4 classes (4 is the highest) and received predominantly "As"</p>

<ul>
<li>Will be sending in an excellent demo.</li>
</ul>

<p>-Violin:</p>

<p>-Concertmaster in 9th grade
-Played in full orchestra in 11th grade</p>

<p>---Hockey---</p>

<p>-Played on the AA Jr. Aeros - led the team in assists one year, travelled all over north america, drove 2+ hrs round trip 5 nights a week to practice.
-Been on the Varsity roller hockey team for my high school since 10th grade, our team won the city championship twice.</p>

<p>---M.U.N.---</p>

<p>-Nominated to be the co-ambassador for France.</p>

<p>---Amnesty---</p>

<p>-Coordinator of the "governmental affairs" section of our school's amnesty group - participated and wrote letters for all sorts of issues (Darfur crisis to the death penalty)</p>

<p>---Literary Criticism Team---</p>

<p>-Asked by my AP english teacher to be 1 of 3 on the school's state-ranked literary criticism team. </p>

<p>---Council of International Affairs/Houston World Affairs Council---</p>

<p>-Internships at Vasmark and Utilipoint, 2 public relations firms in houston - served as a "research analyst."</p>

<p>-I'm applying ED II to Vassar and 2 alums and former admissions officers wrote me a letter of application.
-My other 2 letters of recommendation will be from my AP english teacher (the one who asked me to join the literary criticism team), and my AP European History teacher who is a georgetown admissions officer and former CIA.
-My counselor rec will be excellent
-During my junior year, I severely broke my leg in a hockey game and was required to wear a halo with 13 external pins for 4 months. Because of this, I missed 3 weeks of school (on block scheduling, so this is equivalent to approx. 5 wks). Thus, I got an 83 and 84 in AP US History (5 on the AP exam) and a 73 in pre-ap physics... My counselor will address all of this in the letter.</p>

<p>I'm planning on applying to:</p>

<p>Vassar (ED II)
Middlebury
Wesleyan
Kenyon
Oberlin
Macalester
University of Texas - Austin
University of Vermont</p>

<p>I'm planning on studying History (with a focus in medieval and renaissance studies), and either music, philosophy, international studies, or political science as a minor.</p>

<p>Do I have any shot at these schools? Particularly Vassar? Oh, btw, i'm a 16 yr old male (1 yr ahead in school b/c i'm originally from England).</p>

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<p>Also, since all of those schools minus UT and UVT are reaches, can someone suggest a few liberal arts schools in the northeast that are closer to matches for me? Also, suggestions for respected public schools (anywhere) are welcome as well.</p>

<p>Thanks :)</p>

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<p>I really have no idea if i'm reaching too high or not!!! Help please!</p>

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<p>retake the sat's...</p>

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<p>Don't have time - I've already messed them up too many times. Vassar is obviously my first choice, and according to my friend (the ex-admissions officer), they just glance at the SAT to make sure you're in "the range," which I am. I'm taking the ACT this weekend.</p>

<p>Trust me though, every time I even think about my SAT score, I cringe. I realize that it sucks, and so does my GPA, but other than my leg, I have no one to blame but myself. I haven't exactly put forth all that much effort unfortunately. I'm trying to make up for it now, though.</p>

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<p>FYI - the abbreviation for University of Vermont is UVM, not UVT. Doesn't make much sense to non-Vermonters.</p>

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<p>Middlebury and Wesleyan will probably be harder to get into than Vassar; in addition to your SATs, you're unweighted GPA won't help you at these schools. Ditto for Kenyon, Oberlin & Macalester which do look better for you. You might also look at Hamilton, Bates, Connecticut College, Lafayette and Trinity. However, better options include Union, Skidmore, Dickinson, Gettysburg and Franklin & Marshall. Of your present list, UVM and UT look the best.</p>

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<p>Also look at Allegheny College in PA - they do very well in Model UN. We visited this summer - very nice campus, atmosphere. </p>

<p>Could luck on your ACT and with Vasser ED.</p>

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<p>look into Colby and Bowdoin maybe?</p>

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<p>Check out Denison, Allegheny, and Dickinson.</p>