Chances @ High caliber LACS & Dartmouth

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Dartmouth, Midd, Colgate, W&L (random because of the south but bear with me) , and other schools of the sort. </p>

<p>Rising senior, female, NJ
-finances not an issue
-competitive public school, sends a fair amount of kids to very selective schools for being so small</p>

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<li> 4.32 W</li>
<li> 4.0 UW</li>
<li> Top 5% but my school only states if Top 10% I think
32 ACT (WILL THIS HURT ME?)
730 Bio (E) – taken at the end of my frosh year
Taking LIT in Sept. </li>
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<p>Frosh:
World Cultures (no Honors)
English 9 (no Honors)
Honors Biology
Geometry
French 2</p>

<p>Soph:
Honors Modern Euro History
Honors Chem
Honors Brit Lit
Honors French 3
Algebra 2
US Gov (semester/no Honors)</p>

<p>Junior:
AP US 1
AP Language and Comp
AP Biology
Pre-Calc
Honors French 4</p>

<p>Senior:
AP US 2
AP Lit and Comp
AP Government
AP Stats
AP French 5
Physics (Honors couldn’t fit)</p>

<p>ECs and Other stuff:
National Honor Society
French Honor Society
Youth Ministry @ Church (lead retreats, give speeches)
Big Sister to boy town over (weekly commitment since soph year)
Freshman-Junior year I have tutored 3 girls (2,5,7 grade when I started) who moved to my town from France. 3-4 days a week I’m there. My essay will probably be on my experience with them and how it has shaped me today.
School Newspaper (writer all years, Editor as senior)
Key Club
Lacrosse all years
Lots of Community Service through the community coordinator at my school
Summer camp counselor @ local day camp summers 09 and 10 </p>

<p>Recs-
I’m my Guidance counselor’s best student, so he has taken particular interest and me and will probably write a good rec. Junior English teacher and Junior History teacher will write good ones I believe.</p>

<p>I also may have the french girls’ mother write one. </p>

<p>Potential benefit: Brother graduate magna cum laude from the D in 2008, Summer camp director that I work for likes me and both she and her husband graduated from 'gate..she could possible write rec?</p>

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<p>Anyone? 10ch</p>

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<p>Colgate should be an easy in for you</p>

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<p>What about the other schools?</p>

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<p>Dartmouth: 25% chance
Midd: 60% shot
Colgate: In
W&L: 70% chance</p>

<p>If I were you I would take the SAT. The biggest thing holding you back is your ACT score. Some people do much better on the SAT, its easier to study for (ie “game”) and do well in my experience.</p>

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<p>I did SAT- 1930
my ACT is much better.</p>

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<p>Sibling legacy doesn’t affect admissions.</p>

<p>Dartmouth is the only school that’s a high reach on your list. Everything else is either a match or a safety.</p>

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<p>Yes, your ACT might hurt you, although it will by no means put you out of the running. Another problem is your SAT 2, but if you do well on Lit I’m sure it will be fine. Your ECs are great. I think you have a decent shot at all of those schools.</p>

<p>Chance me back: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/953055-please-chance.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/953055-please-chance.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>@Spatula</p>

<p>Are you SURE that sibling legacy has no effect on admissions? Of the 9 people that got into Stanford from my graduating class, at least three were sibling legacies, and at least two of those three were, in my opinion, significantly less qualified than many of the 70-80 rejected applicants. Many people at my school suspect that their acceptances were affected by sibling legacy. Obviously this is just one anecdote, and the reason for their acceptances may have nothing to do with the fact that they were sibling legacies, but maybe it can have some sort of effect? Like, if an applicant can find a way to inform admissions officers of his/her sibling legacy on the application, maybe it triggers a favorable response in the mind of that officer? I have no idea if that is true though. </p>

<p>Anyways, searchinggirl, as others have said, Dartmouth is a reach and the other schools are matches.</p>

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<p>Direct legacy is the only one that will affect admissions. Having a strong student as a sibling may indicate a good upbringing, however.</p>

<p>I doubt that having a sibling who attends the same school will significantly push an applicant over the edge, especially if they are under-qualified.</p>

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<p>I was aware that Dartmouth does not consider sibling legacies as actual legacies- but I do think stating it somewhere on my application will have some, at the very least MINIMAL, benefit. </p>

<p>Colgate is really that much of a match/“In?” I was under the impression that it was much more selective. </p>

<p>Also, does anyone have suggestions for other schools that are match/reaches (within the realm of possibility)?</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>Yeah Colgate is definitely match/ in. Its oretty selective but not nearly as much as a Midd or Bowdoin.</p>

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<p>bump/10char</p>

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