Chances for Amherst, Middlebury, similar schools?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Location: Vermont
Class: '09, baby
School: Public, suburban, 1000 students, competitive at the top
Rank: We no longer rank (cum laude system, will likely graduate magna cum laude, 15-10th percentile-ish)
GPA:
9: 3.999/4.33 UW
10: 4.04/4.33 UW
11: 3.68/4.33 UW
Our school doesn't weigh grades, unfortunately, and the scale goes like 4.33 = 100%, 4.0 = 95%.</p>

<p>Test scores so far:
SAT I: 2240 (CR 760, M 680, W 800)
ACT: 34 (Reading 36, Math 33, English 33, Science 32)
SAT II French: --
SAT II Chemistry: --
SAT II Literature: --
PSAT: 225</p>

<p>AP Classes:
11:
AP US Government (predicting 4 or 5)
AP French Language (predicting 4 or 5)
AP Chemistry (predicting 3 or 4)
12:
AP European History
AP English Literature
AP Calculus AB
AP Physics C</p>

<p>Academic awards/honors:
9th grade school writing award
10th grade Japanese award
11th grade writing award (x2)
9th grade Band Director's Award
NHS
District band (9-11)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Scholars' Bowl (9-12, likely captain next year)
Speech Club (9, then debate started)
Debate (10-12, likely co-captain next year)
School wind ensemble
Participated in French exchange in February
Rowing (crew) team (11-12, just started this year)</p>

<p>Summer programs:
CTY summer programs (all writing courses) 2005, 2006, 2007
Green Mountain Boys' State 2008</p>

<p>Volunteering:
Spent year TAing at my synagogue's Hebrew school (probably 45 hrs total)
Will be doing the same this year.</p>

<p>I'm also planning a "senior project," which, for me, will likely involve fiction writing. It's intensive, and will culminate with a final product and presentation. I enjoy writing very much, and it's something I'd definitely pursue in college, along with my second love, foreign languages (2 yrs of Japanese, 5 yrs of French, some knowledge of Hebrew).</p>

<p>So, basically, my top choices are:
Middlebury
Amherst
Williams
Dartmouth
(not necessarily in that order)</p>

<p>CHANCES!!!!!!?</p>

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<p>Bump. Edit: AP Gov = 5, AP Chem = 4, still waiting on AP French. Chancez, guyss?</p>

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<p>I think you're a low reach for all of them, simply because admissions are increasingly competitive there nowadays. </p>

<p>Write good essays and I don't see why you wouldn't get in. </p>

<p>You have awesome scores, and a good GPA (although the junior year lacked a bit). The only thing you seem to lack is leadership positions. </p>

<p>Good luck :). </p>

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<p>All of these schools are very competitive, especially for this admissions cycle, so they would be reaches, but you stand a decent shot, though as romanigypsyeyes said, the junior year GPA is unusually low. However, your scores are great, especially if you do well on the subject tests (and since you've done well so far, you'll probably ace those as well). Your ECs aren't too unique, but the senior project sounds like it is, so that shouldn't be a big problem. If you were from the Midwest or West Coast, you'd probably have a better chance, but you're from Vermont, which might disadvantage you somewhat as those four schools see so many apps from the East. That being said, you're pretty qualified and stand a good chance.</p>