Chances for a slow starter

Colleges and Universities A-Z Swarthmore College
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<p>Male
Top California public
top 25%
White
Do not need financial aid</p>

<p>Scores
ACT-31
Math IIC-700
Literature-710
Im not sending sat2s if i dont have to because my sat was kind of low. About 1900.
AP Psychology-5</p>

<p>And I am sending AP scores and my university of Chicago Transcript
My counselor and teachers will write AMAZING recs</p>

<p>Ecs are general
200 hrs community service (possibly 300 by application)(some missions trips with leadership)
Tennis Team-2 years (varsity)
Wrestling team-1
Philosophy Club member
Key Club member
Actively involved in Church
Nothing really too special</p>

<p>In my case, i have a huge upward trend in my grades. Here are my grades from sophomore year on (till time i apply)</p>

<p>10th grade grades
Biology C C
English B C
PE B A
Spanish 2 B B</p>

<p>then the grades went up a bit (i have 4x4 schedule)
CulinaryA B
Geometry B A
Spanish 3 A A
World Studies B B</p>

<p>11th grade (they take off)
Honors Spanish 4 A A
Algebra 2 A A
Piano Lab A A
US History A A</p>

<p>AP Psychology B B (surprisingly hardest AP at school. 3 As given out of 72. The class was so hard it made the AP test a joke. 100% pass rate at my school)
Chemistry A A
English 11 A A
Honors Pre Calculus A A (hardest math class...generally harder than Calc here)</p>

<p>Summer after 11th grade
Intensive Japanese @ University of Chicago- B+ (i think academically, probably the (single)most impressive part of my application)</p>

<p>12th grade
AP Stats A A
AP Govt A A
AP Language and Composition A A
Japanese 3 A A</p>

<p>other classes second semester include
Elementary Spanish 2 (junior college)
Elementary Japanese 2 (junior college)
French 1
Honors Chemistry</p>

<p>I am very passionate about languages and want to start in college in intermediate level spanish and japanese.</p>

<p>Please chance me</p>

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<p>Well, you certainly do have an upward trend. However, your test scores don't really make you stand out of the pack when your academics are nothing more than 'average' for the typical swarthmore applicant. Furthermore, I see little in your ECs that make you stand out in what will probably be one of the most competitive admissions years in history. Also, why aren't you taking Calc? Most all colleges prize students who have taken calculus in high school. If your precalc class was really so much harder, why not take calc and get an 'easy A?' </p>

<p>It's possible that you get in, but I see nothing from what you have listed here that would indicate high chances of admission. </p>

<p>Have you checked out Tufts or GTU? Those schools are a bit less competitive and really do emphasize the international studies/languages that you're interested in.</p>

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<p>Im yeah im GTown is actually my top choice.</p>

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<p>what the hell did i just say^^^???</p>