Chances for Admission - Amherst, Williams, etc.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>ACT: 35
SAT: 790M, 750V, 740W
SAT II: 790, 750, 680</p>

<p>3.8 unweighted GPA, steadily increasing trend
Class of 35 students - school refuses to rank or to weight AP courses
1 AP course junior year, 4 AP courses senior year
Independent study in Criminal Law, TA for Biotechnology</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Student Council President
Yearbook Business Manager
Honor Court Justice
Vilas County Teen Court Justice
Computer Science Club President
Stock Market Simulation Team Captain
Student Ambassador
600+ hours community service
Varsity Quiz Bowl (State Champion Team Member)
Soccer
Baseball
Golf
Theater (Lighting Design, Stage Manager)
Technology Team (Student Laptop Administrator, administrator for 25 databases)
National Merit Finalist
Rensselaer Math & Science Medal
Rochester Institute of Technology Computing Medal
AMC 12 Math Competition - School Winner, AIME Invitation
Wisconsin All-State Math Team Invitation
Summer programs through Presidential Classroom
Boy Scout - Rank of Life Scout</p>

<p>Extremely solid teacher recommendations</p>

<p>Applied to 15 schools. Curious about my chances for admission to Amherst, Williams, Yale, Duke, Swarthmore, Haverford, Skidmore, and William and Mary. I appear to have missed the "early write" period, which I know at least Amherst, Williams, and Swarthmore employ. With chances for regular decision applicants slimming (now 10% at Williams), I'm curious to know where I stand. Being the first in my family to go through the college application process in the last 30 years, is there any reason to avoid contacting colleges? There is one college on that list that I want to attend well above all others. Is it frowned upon to write an additional letter to restate a particularly strong interest and hopefully put in an extra good word as my file is being considered?</p>

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<p>Amherst - Better than 50%
Williams - Better than 50%
Yale - Better than average - 25 to 30% (Average is about 10 to 15%)
Duke - Better than average - 35 to 40%
Swarthmore - Likely
Haverford - Very Likely
Skidmore - In
William and Mary - Very Likely</p>

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<p>I got accepted to Amherst and Williams, and I have a similar stats with you(I have a little bit higher gpa and sat, more aps though). So I think you have a great chance. I think it depends on your essay.</p>

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<p>I got accepted to Swarthmore and you have slightly better SAT scores than me so I say you could make it there. However, like kokoda2 said, it probably depends on your essays in the end</p>