Chances? PuhLEASE?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I have a 3.6 unweighted and a 4.3 weighted. I go to a public arts school in south florida that is very competitive (our val has a 5.0). My rank is about 60/301. SATS: 770 (V) 680 (M) 720 w/ 11 on essay (W).</p>

<p>I've takent the following APs: World History (4), Calc AB (2 - I know, not good, I did not submit this one), Env Sci (? can't remember), APUSH (4), English Language (4).</p>

<p>SAT2s were all in upper 600s.</p>

<p>Classes this year: AP Psych, AP Euro, AP Stats, Debate Honors, AP Lit, Journalism Honors, AP Macro, AP Government (completed at Georgetown)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: founder of a community service organization in which I sit on a board of directors that grants money to youth projects. founder and president of a jewish cultural club. two year debater. write for pacemaker-winning news magazine all four years. violinist for 12 + years. participated in school and youth orchestras for 5 years. secretary and treasurer for active amnesty international branch. secretary for young dems. organized a local art show.</p>

<p>Comm. Service: Member of a community service oriented summer camp program. Regularly volunteer with United Way.</p>

<p>Summer: Spent one summer at Exploration Summer Program at Yale. Summer Journalism Institute at UF. Junior Statesmen Summer School at Georgetown this summer. </p>

<p>Work: Minimal summer work at parents' law firm. Camp Counselor. Interned at a successful congressional campaign.</p>

<p>I got rejected from Haverford Fall Early.
I have strong essays. I know my grades aren't that strong though...
I also have 5 letters of rec, and an exceptionally flattering one from my principal. Will that make any difference?
I am a white, jewish girl. That doesn't help me at all, I know. But i have personality (think sarah silverman but a little bit less vulgar)!</p>

<p>Colleges:
Winter Early to Bryn Mawr
Swarthmore (I had a ridiculously fantastic essay)
Amherst
UVirginia
Barnard
Wellesley (Another ridiculously fantastic essay + excellent interview)
Trinity Coll<<<<is this a safe enough safety?
Vassar (legacy)
Northwestern (legacy)
New College of Florida
University of Central Florida
University of Florida</p>

<p>kthx!</p>

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<p>I've actually never heard of most of those schools. But I'm canadian...</p>

<p>Your extracurriculars and recs are good, so that might make up for your grades. I don't really understand GPAs, do you have any idea what a 3.6 would be in percent? ie 90% average?</p>

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<p>a 3.6 would be like a B+ or an A-, barely scraping 90%, basically.</p>

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<p>You look like a very strong candidate to me. Swarthmore and Amherst are reaches for anybody, but you certainly have a chance. Every place else looks very likely. Sorry about Haverford. Your scores are slightly higher than my son's and he's hoping to get in RD. Oh well!</p>

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<p>i think you're in good shape for Winter ED at Bryn Mawr. my daughter was accepted Fall ED and her stats were similar to yours.</p>

<p>btw, a 3.6 is an A-, not a B+ which would be a 3.3</p>

<p>also, i never understand why people send too many teacher rec's... i have heard numerous times that it is not advantageous... in addition to your 2 teacher rec's, maybe one extra rec from someone other than a teacher is o.k., but sending too much stuff is frequently frowned upon (though i'm not sure where BMC stands on this subject.)</p>

<p>good luck with BMC Winter ED!</p>