Chances at top LAC

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Junior from NY
cumulative GPA (most likely): 4.4 w & 3.8uw
SAT: 2210/720 UShist/750 Math1C/770 Chem/740 Math 2C
EC:
-President of enviornmental organization-very very active. 10+hrs. per wk
-Volunteer at hospital
-Editor of school newspaper
-Student gov't
-Vice president of community service club (Habitat for Humanity)
-Lots of other community service
Classes & Grade Trends:
-upward grade trend, increasingly difficult courses per yr. 3 APs so far (5 more next yr.) only 2 B+'s, the rest are A's or A-'s.</p>

<p>What are my chances at: Middlebury (possibly ED), Amherst (possibly ED), Brown, Pomona, Swarthmore, Bowdoin, Johns Hopkins, Emory, Cornell, Dartmouth, Haverford??</p>

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<p>I also started an enviornmental organization and i have the most difficult schedule of my classmates.</p>

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<p>My advice is not to do Midd ED because you are getting in RD. Amherst might be a good ED school for you. Otherwise:</p>

<p>Middlebury: Match
Amherst: Moderate Reach
Brown: Moderate Reach
Pomona: Lesser Reach
Swarthmore: Moderate Reach
Bowdoin: Safe Match
Johns Hopkins: Lesser Reach/ Match
Emory: Match
Cornell: Lesser Reach
Dartmouth: Moderate Reach
Haverford: Lesser Reach</p>

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<p>slipper: is brown really harder to get in than cornell?</p>

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<p>Absolutely</p>

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<p>slipper, I wouldnt think Haverford would be a "lesser reach" while Midd is a match and Bowdoin a "safe match". They all are essentially equally difficult to get into. I'd put them all "lesser reach/match" like JHU is.</p>

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<p>Do ED for Hopkins. You have a good chance there, because you seem to be slightly less like the average student body than at a lot of these LACs, where there a lot of clones of you already.</p>

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<p>If you do ED at either Amherst, Middlebury, Brown, Pomona or Swarthmore, that should give you the extra boost you need. Exhibited interest is one of the key factors for these schools; make one of them feel that they're not just another school on your list -- if you truly feel that way, that is.</p>