Chances for Lehigh class of 2018

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<p>I was wondering if I am a competitive applicant for Lehigh; planning on applying RD this fall.</p>

<p>White Female from New York
No Hooks
Very Good Public School, highly ranked sends numerous kids to Ivies every year </p>

<p>SAT: 1320/1930 M:650 R:670 W:610 (single sitting) taking it again and aiming for low to mid 2000s
ACT:29 (again single sitting & no prep but probably wont re-take)
UW GPA is around a 3.6 and W GPA is probably a 3.7 however i havent seen my updated transcript
school does not rank</p>

<p>upwards trend from freshman through junior year
Rigorous class load (will have taken up to graduation):
accelerated sciences including bio,chem, and physics (accelerated just means i took them a year early)
accelerated math: honor geometry, honors trig/ algebra II, and pre-calc honors
honors english 10
AP World
AP US History
AP Macroeconomics
AP Psychology
AP Lang
AP Lit
AP Calc BC
AP Statistics
AP Environmental Science </p>

<p>ECs: 2 years jv tennis & 2 years varsity tennis, 1 year varsity badminton, co-founder and vp of the greek club, leadership position in key club, volunteer with my local church group, volunteer every summer for a kids day camp, and volunteer religion teacher for 1st graders. I probably have 150+ hours of community service</p>

<p>good recs hopefully will write a good essay</p>

<p>I have visited the campus once and did the info session and tour
Thanks to anyone who took the time to read this... feedback is greatly appreciated</p>

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<p>Hi LINY2014,</p>

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<p>Your goals for the SATs are right on par with what Lehigh looks for in applicants. If you can get your score over 2000, you’ll be in better shape.</p>

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<p>Taking the most challenging courseload possible is important, so you’re on the right track here.</p>

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<p>Showing interest is perhaps the best way to improve your chances of admission. It’s good that you visited campus. I also recommend doing an on-campus interview and getting into regular contact with an admissions rep.</p>

<p>Best,</p>

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<li>Mike</li>
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<p>Thank you so much for the feedback! much appreciated</p>

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<p>I will be applying this fall as well. Best of luck to you. :)</p>

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<p>thanks platypusParadox! same to you.</p>

<p>also I dont know if this makes much of a difference in admission but I forgot to mention that I am an AP Scholar with Honor</p>

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<p>bumpppp…</p>

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<p>LINY2014 -</p>

<p>LehighChemE gave you very valuable advice. I would just heed that and you should be fine! Best of luck and hopefully I’ll see you here next August.</p>

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<p>ok thanks Lehigh2017! i was just wondering if anyone else had any input but i will most definitely take the advice lehighcheme gave me! :)</p>

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<p>Hey I am kinda in the same boat except I did extremely poorly on the SATs and I was wondering my chances! Any response would rock haha. But 1720 SATs, 3.5 GPA, I have legacy thanks to my dad and I also interned at the state senators office. Class president junior year and senior year. A bunch of others I will just list. Debate, Mock Trial, FBLA, community service, soccer and track! I would apply early decision… Do I have a shot?</p>

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<p>And a few APs! But I loaded up on business courses this year.</p>

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<p>Make sure you show interest to the school, either with visits or contact with admissions.</p>

<p>The acceptance stats were released recently, and 43% of early decision applicants were accepted, compared to 28% of regular admission applicants. </p>

<p>17% of the class of 2017 are legacies. After figuring out each of the acceptance rates, Lehigh’s overall acceptance rate for the class of 2017 was 31%, down from 33% the year before.</p>