chances at middlebury, other top NE liberal arts schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Can anyone give me my chances for:</p>

<p>MIDDLEBURY
Williams
Bates
Colby</p>

<p>Safety:
St. Lawrence
Hobart</p>

<p>My Background:</p>

<p>SAT Math: 780
SAT Verbal: 700
ACT: 30
AP Calculus AB: 5
AP US History: 5
SAT II's: perfect scores for Math II, US History, Spanish</p>

<p>GPA: pretty bad, 3.3 unweighted
High School: top 5 NJ public high schools
Course Difficulty: all AP's and Honors, extremely strenuous</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities:
Boy Scouts, head of troop for 1 year, lots of service hours
Crew/Rowing; year round sport, top hs club in region, but I'm not good enough for recruiting
Model UN, assistant leader
Represented Ralph Nader in mock debate, won 22% of school vote, numerous press clippings
2 years @ burger king
1 year @ cvs
Staff of local Boy Scout summer leadership camp</p>

<p>Bonus: My AP History teacher went to Middlebury and wrote me an outstanding recommendation letter</p>

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<p>also:</p>

<p>my school doesn't give out class rankings
national merit semifinalist</p>

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<p>hey, i have almost the exact same stats as you, except for different ecs...it's sort of creepy. i'm applying to bates and colby too, plus william and mary and like five matches/safeties.</p>

<p>i had a 1450 (800 V 650 M) and about a 3.3-3.5 UW (my school only gives weighted). SAT IIs: 750/760/690</p>

<p>PLUS i have a rec from my french teacher, an alum </p>

<p>anyway, sorry to tell you so much about myself when you were really asking for your own chances. lol. i really don't consider myself qualified to judge applicants...but your chances are similar to mine or better, i'm sure. </p>

<p>Did you apply ED?</p>

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<p>Colby and Bates, really great chances. </p>

<p>I can't predict mid and williams, they're really tough. I hope you do get in, I say you have a reasonable shot. Realistic reaches.</p>

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<p>Willliams is the only place where you may have a problem. But your math is great, and they may not get many applicants that strong in math- that will definitely help.</p>

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<p>Your GPA versus your SAT scores hints that you're an "underachiever." Think your safeties are just that, but the others (Midd, Wms, Bates & Colby) are a crapshoot. I think you'll wind up at Colby, but will be interested in what does happen. Keep us posted.</p>

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<p>the GPA might hurt, but if you are stilled ranked top 5% or 10% or whatever, it should be ok</p>

<p>you have good-great scores, but it also depends alot on how you displayed your activities on paper.</p>

<p>what is your prospective major?</p>

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<p>Bates: 50/50
Colby: more of a 50/50.
Williams: Reach
Middlebury: Reach
Hobart: foundation
St. Lawrence: foundation</p>

<p>Note: this is on STATS ONLY.</p>

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<p>Are you Hispanic? Considering how difficult it is for any non-native speaker to get a perfect score on the Spanish SAT II, I'd say that's quite an impressive feat if you're not. And if you are, well, you're a URM.</p>

<p>Williams is extraordinarily tough, but I'd say you have good chances at Colby, and Bates. Middlebury is somewhat of a reach, as well.</p>

<p>Joey</p>