Chances for '13

Colleges and Universities A-Z Bowdoin College
1

<p>Gender: Male
College Class Year: 2013
High School: Private</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.70
Class Rank: School does not rank
Class Size: 260
5 AP’s ( My school kind of restricts the numbers of AP’s taken, and We can’t take Honors of AP classes until our Junior year…We take ‘Advanced’ Classes instead, idk if it matters)</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>ACT: 32
SAT: 2020</p>

<p>EC’s </p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars:
-Chair of the Kansas City Youth Commission (It’s basically a Commission for the City Council of Kansas City…We basically run youth programs throughout the city and give advice to City Council on Youth related problems. Required to do about 20 hours a month–at least)…I served two one-year terms…One as the Chair of the Specials Events/Projects Committee Chair and one as the Commission Chair
-Model UN including one at UPenn
-French Club
-Students for Political Action
-Planned and will have helped run a youth leadership conference for over 1,000 HS students and young business people
-Was a rep. for something called the Youth Development Task Force, which was commissioned by my Mayor to bridge the gap between City departments on Youth programs and such…I basically represented the Youth interests…Had some pretty high profile members like City Council Reps
-Member of a Communtiy Service Club
-Worked over the Summer in the City Council Chamber
-Over 250 community service hours during my first three years
-Worked for my financial aid each day after school on a Work Grant program
-Worked during the school year at a local Grocery Store</p>

<p>Athletic Status - list sport and your level:
Intramural Basketball lol</p>

<p>Grades:
Pretty good in general, mostly A’s with some B’s scattered…Had a C+ in one of the tougher courses at my school, which could be indicated in my App</p>

<p>Misc:</p>

<p>I live in Missouri so could that work in my favor if the Admissions Office is looking for some geographic diversity?</p>

<p>Thanks in advance guys and have a good one.</p>

2

<p>You're EC's are great, but your SAT scores/grades are sort of on the fringe (SAT is about 25-35 percentile, ACT is better). I would try to up your SAT score to 2100 or just show the ACT on your application. </p>

<p>Maybe your location will help, but only slightly.</p>

3

<p>Bowdoin is one of the few schools that does not require its students to submit SAT or ACT scores (big plus right?) - i think that if you send scores your acts are the way to go</p>

4

<p>as I kinda just asked on another thread...what are good scores to send in? or more so ones that someone would want to send in?</p>

5

<p>Well I'm guessing that if you didn't submit an SAT score, they would look more closely like your ECs and gpa...</p>