<p>D is applying early action. Her stats:
GPA 3.26 unweighted 3.56 weighted
SAT: 1970 ACT 28
AP Eng Lang (4) junior year
3 APs senior year
Strong EC/Community Service/leadership
Strong Recs & Essay
From Colorado
Intended Major: Int'l Studies</p>
<p>Chances??</p>
<p>I would say 95%</p>
<p>Not to be a downer but I wouldn’t say 95%. Looks reasonable, but Early Action is Elon’s most competitive pool, and those scores are right in the middle of their accepted students. The GPA is a bit low, but it depends what weighting system you’re using. (Elon gives a full point for honors, and 2 points for AP. So an A in honors is 5.0 and an A in AP is a 6.0. My daughter’s unweighted 3.2 became a 3.9 under Elon’s weighting!)</p>
<p>At any rate, Elon is notoriously unpredictable with admissions. They are very wholistic, and predicting who will get in and who won’t is a hit and miss proposition at best. It can’t hurt to be from Colorado. And Elon, with its emphasis on study abroad (and many opportunities to go abroad more than once) is a great choice for an Int’l Studies major.</p>
<p>Good luck to your daughter!</p>
<p>Lafalum84 said it all. </p>
<p>The only thing I would add is that if at all possible - you should visit. </p>
<p>Elon always has several times as many qualified applicants as they do spaces to fill and the last thing they want to be seen as is just another school. So anything you can do to show the admissions committee that you want to be at Elon will be very helpful.</p>
<p>Best of luck to you.</p>
<p>Does Elon offer interview opportunities (in Colorado)?</p>
<p>Elon doesn’t “interview” as part of their admissions, but your D should contact the admissions rep for your area and ask some questions that she can’t find on a website. Like is there a student or alumni near you that She can talk to.</p>
<p>Great advice, ncmentor. My daughter did just that, and she has been emailing back and forth with an Elon student, a junior from a nearby Chicago suburb. They just missed one another (she’s back in NC now) otherwise they would’ve had a face-to-face meeting. It was nice for her to “talk” to a student from the Chicago area, since Elon is not as well known here.</p>
<p>Ya it’s a good way to say hello to the rep. and hear firsthand what some people from your area think of their Elon experience. </p>
<p>PS: stbemtpynest - noticed that you asked about dress at Elon. Thought that you might find it amusing that when my S started Elon he dressed for business when he needed to, but spent much of his time in flip-flops and board shorts. But not sweatpants.</p>
<p>IMHO, you can’t rest on your laurels and hope to get into any competitive school. Many statements made so far are correct. However, you need to think of college entrance process as a competition. What distinguishes you? If you are a rising high school senior, what did you do over the summer? What meaningful activities will you or have you participated in high school? Also, don’t just keep taking the SAT without preparing for it more (but you should prepare and take it again). Take the ACT as well. Make sure your guidance dept. is working for you. Have him or her contact Elon admissions on your behalf. Call Elon yourself. Make a campus visit. Would you buy a house or a used car without inspecting it first? I think many schools maintain a composite score of interest in their college. You’ll be pleasantly surprised that Elon will be more personable than the big colleges. So in closing, your application process should not only include Elon, but safety schools as well, i.e. the best one or two colleges in your own state. Good Luck.</p>