Chances for top Liberal Arts and Universities - Will chance back!!!!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>If you could chance me, that would be awesome. I'll definitely throw one back your way too!</p>

<p>Demographics:
[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):California
[</em>] School Type: Small (150 students), Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Did you apply for financial aid? Probably, not expecting very much
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing demographically-related
[/ul]</p>

<p>Academic Profile:</p>

<p>Standardized Tests
[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (Please List Breakdown) 2340, 800 W, 780 CR, 760 M
[</em>] ACT (Please List Breakdown) Not Taken
[<em>] SAT II: 760 US (planning to retake)
[</em>] AP Scores: 5 AB, 5 Music Theory, 5 Language/Comp, 4 Chem, 4 APUSH
[/ul]</p>

<p>Courseload and Transcript
[ul]
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[</em>] Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): approx. 4.3
[<em>] Briefly describe any upward/downward trends: All A's since Freshman year, which was slightly lower
[</em>] Rank: Unranked. Top 10% (which is 3 people)
[/ul]</p>

<p>Awards and honors
[ul]
[<em>] Major Awards: Frederick Douglas and Susan B. Anthony Award for Excellence in Language Arts, National Merit Scholar (semi-finalist),
[</em>] School Awards:
[li] Other Awards: Academic All League (tennis)[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective factors:
*Extracurricular Pursuits:<a href="also%20list:%20number%20of%20years/%20leadership%20positions/%20achievements">/i</a>
[ul]
[<em>]1. Tennis (4 years Varsity) - progressively, 4th on team, 3rd on team, 3rd, 1st and Captain
[</em>]2. Ski Team (4 years Varsity) - 51st in State Slalom (not as horrible as it sounds for California), 2nd on team
[<em>]3. Soccer (2 years JV, 2 years Varsity)
[</em>]4. Music: 4 years School Jazz Band (Lead Trumpet, Soloist awards at various festivals [totaling about 8], Won Tournament of Champions, Delta College Jazz Festival, and Moscow International Jazz Festival all in 2011), 3 years School Piano Trio I (Director/Pianist/Arranger - achieved Command Performance [highest honor] at states, gold at states, gold x3 at regionals), 2 years School Piano Trio II (Director/Pianist, gold x2 at regionals, gold x1 and silver x1 and states), 4 years School Concert Band (1st Trumpet/Section Lead), 3 years City Youth Symphony (1st chair of Premier Orchestra for 1 year, 3rd for both others), 4 years School Jazz Combo (Bandleader/Composer/Arranger/Trumpet, won Moscow International Jazz festival in 2011 and has been playing professional gigs for past 2 years), 3 years Semi-professional youth band (Trumpet/Piano/Singer [not all at once]/Composer/Arranger, we play at bars and events downtown, have been featured as part of city-run concert series), Solo (gold at regionals, Silver at States), Composition (I have composed for several years, had my pieces played by several of my school ensembles, my band, and a few outside groups)
[<em>]5. Theater - In 5 musicals with large-scale local theater company, leads in 2
[</em>]6. School Literary Magazine - Editorial Assistant, Assistant CD Editor, CD Editor, Editor-in-Chief (magazine won 1st place nationally in 2010)
[li]7. Ambassadors - 2 years - Vice president as senior[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>*Volunteer/Community service:<a href="also%20list:%20number%20of%20years%20and%20achievements">/i</a>
[ul]
[<em>]1. Volunteer at Breakthrough Sacramento - about 40 hours total - 2 years
[</em>]2. School-year Tutor at Breakthrough Sacramento - 60 hours total - 2 years
[li]3. English/Literature Teacher at Breakthrough Sacramento - 700 hours (conservatively)- 2 years[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Chance for:
Williams
Amherst
Middlebury
Bowdoin (Legacy!)
Dartmouth
Swarthmore
Pomona
...and I guess Yale, for kicks</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Academically you would be an excellent canidate for LAC. Although its hard to predict your chances, since LAC focus on teacher recs and essay. GOOD LUCK!!</p>

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<p>Why are you retaking a 760? That’s silly.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I guess it is, but I really felt I could have gotten an 800. I’d take it more to put it right in my own mind than anything else.</p>

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<p>Your SAT is fantastic and it can only hurt you to retake it. It would be necessary even if you do get an 800 (and there is a chance the score could go down) since this would be a warning flag to many colleges that you are unhappy without near perfection. Your chances look very good to me across the board.</p>

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<p>Your academics are near to perfect! (I wish I could be that smart haha)
You have some great ECs, and I can tell music is a major focus of yours!</p>

<p>Williams = reach
Amherst = low reach
Middlebury = match/low reach
Bowdoin (Legacy!) = match :slight_smile:
Dartmouth = match/low reach
Swarthmore = match
Pomona = reach
Yale = high reach (it always is)</p>

<p>The thing is with LACs its very difficult to tell, especially considering you have like the 5 best ones haha. Im sure you will do fine for most of them though :)</p>

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Thanks :P</p>

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<p>Yeah, only both Amherst and Swarthmore are harder to get into than Williams.</p>

<p>Why do people even bother, seriously.</p>

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<p>Yale is definitely a reach
Williams, Amherst, Dartmouth are a slight reach but I think you have a really good shot at them
Middlebury and Bowdoin you can get into</p>

<p>Im not as familiar with Pomona and Swarthmore</p>

<p>I think your stats look great! Good luck!</p>

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<p>Your Gold. Middlebury and Swarthmore you have a good chance. The rest are reach schools, but you should still apply. My cousin had the same SAT scores and GPA and got into Dartmouth!</p>

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<p>youd be surprised with schools like middlebury and bowdoin. i knew a kid who applied to both and got denied, but got into harvard and yale</p>

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<p>As already mentioned, top LACs are really a crapshoot. But you are obviously talented academically and are involved in school, so you have a great chance. You should definitely get into a good number of them, apply ED to one if you really like it- it really improves your chances! (and most have two rounds of ED)</p>

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<p>Don’t underestimate Pomona, either. I was accepted to Middlebury but waitlisted by Pomona. Didn’t make a lot of sense to me at the time.</p>

<p>Try looking at Claremont McKenna, too. It’s slightly less selective than Pomona, but still a really great LAC.</p>

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<p>Bowdoin should be straightforward - they have 10:1 girl applicants to guys, so you have a much better shot even than the acceptance rate. With strong essays/recs/interview/etc, you should have a very strong shot at any of those schools. Yale, of course, is always another matter, but if you really want to go then apply ED and see what happens.</p>

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<p>Wow u seem big on music… Here’s what I think</p>

<p>Williams = low reach
Amherst = low reach
Middlebury = match
Bowdoin = In
Dartmouth = match
Swarthmore = in
Pomona = match
Yale = high reach</p>

<p>As far a academics, your in at all of them, but LAC’s don’t concentrate on those. I saw a pie chart comparing admissions for LAC’s and normal colleges. LAC’s were 25% academics, 25% SAT’s and 50% EC’s,teacher recs, etc, so that’s what u have to focus on. </p>

<p>Chance me back!</p>

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