Chances please?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Barnard College
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<p>I was just wondering if i had a chance at Barnard.</p>

<p>my ACT composite is 30
but i retook it last saturday with the writing section, and i’m hoping i raised my scores, but I am not sure.</p>

<p>my gpa is 3.84 unweighted (it would be higher but I had to move in the middle of Junior year and make up 4 weeks of school work),
and I am ranked 30 out of 529 students.</p>

<p>I have attended 3 different high schools in 2 1/2 years.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars/Community Service:</p>

<p>9th grade (high school of 150 students in Texas):

  • Varsity track and field (placed 6th in the all-district meet, lettered)
    -Varsity Cheerleading (Co-Captain, team placed first in Dallas Cowboys comp., lettered)
    -Student Council (class treasurer)
    -National Junior Honor Society
    -Spanish Club
    -Habitat For Humanity
    -Parent’s Night Out (Childcare for mentally handicapped children)
    -choir</p>

<p>10th grade (moved to Utah, high school of 2200 students)
-Varsity Track and Field
-Key Club
-National Honor Society (Officer)
-DECA
-Habitat for Humanity
-Debate Team
-Spanish Club
-Summer hire in Hill Air Force Base Public Affairs office, also volunteered there during the school year.</p>

<p>11th grade (first semester in Utah):
-National Honor Society (Officer, Service Project Chairperson)
-Key Club
-DECA
-FBLA
-Habitat for Humanity
-FCA</p>

<p>11th grade (moved to Illinois and started the semester 3 1/2 weeks late)
-Varsity Track and Field (Lettered, St. Clair County Champion in pole vault, placed third in conference)
-Campus Kitchen (Make food for underprivileged citizens in St. Louis)
-Intern at Public Affairs Office on Scott Air Force Base</p>

<p>12th grade (High school in Illinois, 2200 students)
-National Honor Society
-FCA
-Relgions United Interfaith Mosaic (newly founded club at our school)
-Campus Kitchen
-Intern at Scott Air Force Base Public Affairs Office (Official Photographer, and published in the Scott AFB paper).
-Plan to run Varsity track and Field.</p>

<p>I have also been on the Honor Roll all three years of HS, and i plan to be on the Honor roll this year as well. </p>

<p>Also, I have taken all honors classes offered and PAP classes.
I took AP european history soph year, it was the only AP offered.
Then Junior year, i took AP BIO, AP US History, and AP calculus.
My high school in IL does not offer AP classes,
and it does not have many honors classes.
but I am taking the honors classes that they do offer.</p>

<p>Could anyone help me figure out what my chances are, please??</p>

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<p>Hello, militarykid03...first, please know that I really am no more qualified than you to assess your chances. You can look at the stats of those that have been accepted at Barnard in the past few years by looking on their website, paying particular attention to the admissions section and the common data set. </p>

<p>All that being said, I find your list of accomplishments quite impressive, particularly given your history of frequent relocations. It shows that you are readily able to adapt well to any given situation, and to thrive there. I say you go for it! I do believe Barnard would do well to have someone like you join them....</p>

<p>Best to you!</p>

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<p>Military kid-Just read your posts now. Be sure to stress in an essay or an interview-just how many moves you made, how adaptable you are, etc. Talk about how being a military kid has given you a different perspective than your peers in the civilian world. I visualize the Admissions Committee talking about how you would add a new viewpoint to many class discussions. You want to stand out from the many East Coast bred, usually very liberal girls who apply. And you do!<br>
Be warned- Barnard is not a pro-military campus. Daughter (now a freshman) has been dismayed by some of what she has witnessed and heard. Daughter's dad was an officer in Viet Nam.<br>
Good luck.</p>