Chances at small LACs (and Brown)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi! I would really appreciate it if you could chance me for the following schools:
Whitman,
Wesleyan,
Carleton,
Brown, and
Barnard. </p>

<p>Also, if you applied to or know anyone who applied to any of these schools, I'd love to hear whether or not you got in and if you have any advice I would also love to hear that! Furthermore, I'm at a loss as far as safeties go, so if you know of any (preferably small, liberal arts schools somewhere in the Northwest), I'd love to hear those as well. Thanks!</p>

<p>-Background: white female from Washington state</p>

<p>-Unweighted GPA: 3.98/ Weighted: 4.3
-Class rank won't be released until senior year, but judging based on last year's class, I'm likely in the top 20/450</p>

<p>-1 AP Sophmore year (Euro (5))
-3 APs Junior year (APUSH, Lang, Calc BC)
-5 (or potentially 6) APs Senior year (Stats, Lit, Studio Art, Comp Sci, Physics for sure - still deciding whether or not to self-study the Japanese test)</p>

<p>-SAT composite - 2330 (800 CR, 800 M, 730 W single sitting)
- (I will be taking subject tests in the fall)</p>

<p>-Extracurriculars:
MUSIC: 2 years on youth advisory board for popular local music museum, self-taught guitarist (5 years), pianist (3 years)
EMPLOYMENT: 1 year at local grocery store, working 8-18 hours/week; summer position at local university doing research in the physics lab this summer; private tutor
OTHER: Girl Scouts (12 years) - help organize annual camping weekend for 100+ younger scouts for past three years; NHS - peer tutor</p>

<p>-Honors/Awards:
-National Merit (waiting until the fall to find out whether semi/finalist)
-Artwork printed in school district calendar
-(likely) AP scholar</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>What about volunteering and stuff? Do you have any pain? But based on your scores and everything I would say Whitman is safe. Or a a low match. I know some people who applied to Whitman (in in Washington as well) and they were all apmccepted and most chose to go there.</p>

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<p>Thanks! As far as volunteering goes, I really don’t have anything besides hours done through the ecs listed above (Girl Scouts, Honor Society). I know that that is a weak part of my application, but I don’t know quite how much it hurts the rest of my application.</p>

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<p>If you’re willing to go to Barnard, consider some more all-women’s colleges (Wellesley, Smith, Scripps) that could be pretty safe bets and may offer substantial money. </p>

<p>Your application may be a bit generic for Brown, and lack cs. Make sure you really play up the GS aspect, as that includes a lot of service.</p>

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<p>Also do you have any passions you could demonstrate when you apply? Having a clear passion really helps at top schools. Also just curious, what city in Washington are you on?</p>