Chances: Polar Bear or stuck in the NW?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Bowdoin College
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<p>I’m a junior, going to competitive IB school in Oregon (public)</p>

<p>SCHOOL STATS:
GPA - 3.99 unweighted/ 4.2 weighted (all As in AP US last year)

  • I am an IB Diploma student taking IB Enlgish, Bio, Psychology
    (HL) and French, Calculus, Business (SL)
  • this tri i got a 4.8, first b in IB Calculus
  • major: Government & Economics
  • taking Most rigorous courses available</p>

<p>Awards:
-Scholar of the Month

  • NHS fundraiser, Prez. next year
  • Honor Roll
  • Duke of Spirit
  • Coach’s Award</p>

<p>Extracirriculars:
-Track (3 years) - Varsity Letter
-Cross Country (3 years) - Captain, Varsity, Prestigous Coach’s Award for Leadership and excellence on the team, 1 per year
-Mayors Youth Advisory Board (2 years) - Co-Chair, going to Washington DC for a National Conference on it
-Uganda Club (3 years) - Organized fast for malaria, Prez next year

  • Diversity Club - went to Diversity Summit, VP next year
  • Freshman Treasurer, Sr. Prez next year
  • Varsity Ultimate Frisbee - starting defender
  • FCA - Prez this year and next year. Organize every week by myself</p>

<p>Running - 17:32 PR. I could run for Pomona, Whitman, Claremont</p>

<p>Volunteer Work:

  • 190 Hours at Beaverton Library helping Children
  • 40 Hours working at Senior Center
  • IB Executive Committee, organized/made advertising
    campaign for IB Iron Chef fundraiser</p>

<p>Hobbies: Photography</p>

<p>Hook: Planning an event w/ a local running company owner to give 100 pairs of shoes to lower income children in Portland who cannot afford shoes. By end of Senior year i want to give 250 pairs of shoes through donations of corporations etc.</p>

<p>SAT & ACT:
haven’t taken either, but practice tests land me at:
ACT: 30-32
SAT: 2150 - 2250
SAT II: took US History 660, disregarding that and taking:
Biology, Literature, Math IIC? or French? Above 700 on all of them…</p>

<p>Extra planned career activites : Internship at City Hall, Job Shadow at Nike, work on political campaign, job shadow urban planner</p>

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<p>You sound like a very strong candidate for admission. Are you serious about running in college? If so, contact Coach Slowenski, head coach of the cross country and T & F programs. The NESCAC schools such as Bowdoin use a tip system for athletic recruits and for strong candidates such as yourself, and with a positive early read from admissions and a tip from the coach, it very likely you will be admitted (see the recent athletic thread under this Bowdoin site for more information).</p>

<p>Complete the prospective student athletic questionaire - under contact. Good Luck!!
<a href="http://studorgs.bowdoin.edu/track/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://studorgs.bowdoin.edu/track/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Any other advice?</p>

<p>If i get into Bowdoin, could i get into Pomona?</p>