CHANCES AT WILLIAMS and other colleges

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>classes/grades:
9th grade: (first and second semester grades)
Alg. 2: A, A
Biology: A, A
English I: A, A
Ancient history: A, A
Spanish III: A, A</p>

<p>10th grade:
Pre-cal: A, A
Chemistry: A, A
English II: A, A
World cultures: A, A
AP Spanish: A-, A- </p>

<p>11th grade:
Calculus: A, A
AP Biology: A, A
AP Enlgish Language: A, A
AP US History: A-, A-
Zoology: A, A
Latin I: A, A </p>

<p>12th grade: hope to get all As and one A- for first semester </p>

<p>SAT I Scores: (weak point.. i kno)
verbal: 650
writing: 680
math: 720
(total: 2050) </p>

<p>SAT II Scores:
Biology M: 750
Math IIC: 790 </p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Newspaper: editor in chief (12th grade), page editor (11th grade), reporter (10th and 9th); won "Excellent" award in national convention for editorial writing; senior year, our newspaper won 3rd best in the nation in it's category (8-page papers); we have won "best-in-show" awards every year at state conventions </p>

<p>Theatre: have been in every play my school has offered since freshman year; drama club secretary; placed among top 24 student-actors in state of California through monologue competition; won superior awards two years in a row at state thespian convention; won "Best Dramatic Actor" award (11th grade); inducted into the International Thespian Society (100+ hours of theatre) freshman year; inducted into "Honor Soceity of International Thespian Society (600+ hours of theatre) junior year; have had leads roles in two major productions; have acted in a show at a community college; have stage-managed and assistant-directed a major school play sophomore year; attended a shakespeare seminar course intensive at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival; have worked as a Standardized Patient at UC Davis medical school </p>

<p>Literary Magazine: production editor (12th grade); assistant production editor (11th grade); copy editor (10th and 9th grades); literary magazine won 5th place in the nation at national journalism convention (12th grade) and 10th place last year (11th grade) </p>

<p>Skiing: I started the girls' ski team at the school and was captain in 11th grade and 12th grade; placed 10th in league overall </p>

<p>Breakthrough Collaborative: worked as a weekly tutor for "Breakthrough Collaborative," a organization for underprivelaged middle school students </p>

<p>What are my chances at:
Williams (ED)
Haverford
Swarthmore
Pomona
Wesleyan
Colby
University of Rochester
Washington University in St. Louis
Whitman College
Occidental College
UCLA
UC Berkeley
UC San Diego</p>

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<p>You should get into sd and maybe the other UCs, but all the privates other than Whitman and Oxy are real reaches.</p>

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<p>even university of rochester and colby? </p>

<p>i'm from a rigorous private school in CA by the way and here are some stats i left out:
cum laude society (inducted junior year)
class rank: top 10%
AP scholar with honor
National Merit Commended Student
200+ hours community service
junior year, won "Washington University in St. Louis Book Award" </p>

<p>Do you think they're all big reaches because of my SAT I scores? My extracurriculars may not seem out of the box or anything but they take up pretty much all of my time and i really work hard in all of them--especially newspaper and theatre.</p>

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<p>Colby definitely isn't as much of a reach as WUStL or Swat, but it's still somewhat of a reach. You might also consider Bates or Bowdoin, which don't require test scores; the rest of your application seems strong.</p>

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<p>Your SAT scores do make Colby a reach but a more reasonable one that Williams, Swat and Pomona. ECs don't make up for low scores at top schools.</p>

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<p>Might want to look at Holy Cross-Top30 LAC-which is SAT optional. Holy Cross is 1 hour from Boston and 25 minutes from the best ski area in Eastern Mass.</p>

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<p>what were your AP scores?</p>

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<p>bobby100...r u serious? just cuz the SATs are a bit lower (but still quite decent IMO) does not make all those schools reaches...</p>

<p>there is no certianty in any app, but all those are possible shots (williams, swarthmore and gwu are reaches...but relax regarding all the other schools on that list)</p>

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<p>Yes quite. The schools are reaches Buzz for a candidate without a hook. An unhooked candidate needs to have stats at least average for the school, but usually they are considerably above average.</p>

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<p>qwerty555:</p>

<p>Assuming you are a California resident,
UCB/UCLA: Match
UCSD: Safe Match</p>