Chances for Homeschooler

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi! Can you please chance me? I know colleges like to see homeschoolers taking college courses, but my homeschool program is accredited, so I've never taken any. The program is recognized as a private school. So even though I'm homeschooled, I'm technically enrolled in a private school (it has official transcripts and its own college counselor, etc). Also, my program offers the same curriculum to everyone, so they don't offer AP, Honors, or Advanced. However, the program is exceptionally rigorous and meant to be an advanced curriculum for everyone.
Please chance me for College of William and Mary (I'm out of state) and Claremont McKenna College</p>

<p>SAT I: 2050 (700 CR, 670 M)
SAT II: 800 Literature, 670 Math I, 590 Latin (I know the Latin isn't great, but I wanted to send it anyway so colleges would know that I know <em>some</em> Latin)
GPA: UW 4.0 (all four years of high school)
Class Rank: N/A</p>

<p>Total High school credits by the end of senior year: 4 English, 4 Religion, 2 History, 3 Math, 3 Foreign Language (my school offers only three years), 1 Government, 1 Geography, 3 Extracurricular English courses (I want to major in English), 2 Science, 1 Logic </p>

<p>ECs: Piano (10 years, never competed), President of Debate Club, 600+ Volunteer hours, regular babysitting jobs for past 4 years, church youth group (since middle school), Running (I train and compete on my own), Swimming, Golf</p>

<p>Recommendations: I have 6 total--two are probably just generic, but the other four people really love me and I know will write me glowing recommendations</p>

<p>Essays: My Common App essay is great. My W&M essay is really good. My CMC essays were probably good enough.</p>

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<p>Scores are especially important for homeschooled students, and yours are on the low side for Claremont McKenna (one of the most selective liberal arts colleges in the country, so it will be a reach for you.)</p>

<p>Only 3 years of math and 2 years of science is a bit light. I’m not sure how your major factors into it.</p>

<p>I don’t know too much about WAM, but out of state it will probably be a reach for you.</p>

<p>Why do you have 6 letters of recommendation? That seems a bit over the top, even for homeschooled students. Where else did you apply?</p>

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<p>Your scores are the middle 50%for W&M, so that will be a reach. Not having 4 years of science will be a challenge, and if your last math course wasn’t calculus, that will also be a challenge.</p>

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<p>Your Academics are decent so that wont put you out of the running, nut they arent good enough to make you stand out. If your ECs are great and your essays as amazing as you say, then you may have a better shot but for now reaches WM and Claremont.</p>

<p>My thread (chance please): <a href=“Chances for Vanderbilt, UNC, NYU, UF, and Duke? - Chance Me / Match Me! - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1610985-chances-for-vanderbilt-unc-nyu-uf-and-duke-p1.html&lt;/a&gt; </p>