chances with updated stats. (bates, byrn mawr, smith, fordham)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>GPA: freshman and sophomore year- UW 3.8 W 4.1
junior year- UW 4.0 W 4.5 </p>

<p>SAT: 2100 (superscored)
cr- 720
w- 730
m- 650
No SAT II's yet, but I'm taking U.S. history, Lit, and World History. </p>

<p>Rank: 30/280 (this is probably the weakest part of my app... it's because of kids taking easy classes to boost their rank)</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
President and founder of the Young Democrats Club
Vice President of the Diversity Club
Editor of the Literary Magazine
Newspaper Book Review Columnist
varsity tennis team (9,10,11)
volunteer all the time at church
volunteer at the library twice a week (10 hrs. a week approx)
College Misericordia Diversity Camp
I'm also heavily involved in the Obama campaign.
I organized a voter registration drive at my school. </p>

<p>Awards and Achievments: (pretty weak)
AP scholar
2nd place in a poetry slam (sophomore year)
honorable mention in a poetry slam (junior year)
ambassador for change (it went along with the diversity camp thing)
member of the national honor society
High Honor roll (every quarter freshman and sophomore year)
Principal's Honor roll (every quarter junior year)</p>

<p>Summer Activities:
volunteering at the library
I also took 2 college courses at wilkes univeristy:
Pschology (I got a 4.0)
Governments of the World (4.0 as well)</p>

<p>Course load- I took two out of the three AP's that my school offers, pretty much the "hardest" courseload I could... even thought it's not that difficult.
Freshman year:
spanish II
physical science
academic english
advanced algebra II
world history I
phys. ed</p>

<p>Sophomore year:
spanish III
advanced geometry
bio I
academic english II
speech/writing (both half year electives)
world history II</p>

<p>Junior year:
U.S. history
spanish IV
academic english III
AP European history
Algebra III and trig
chemistry</p>

<p>Senior year:
AP Spanish
Physics
Economics
Shakespeare and the Novel (I took on an extra elective)
Pre-Calc (dual enrollment)
Calc I (dual enrollment, next semester)
Composition 101 (dual enrollment)
American Lit (dual enrollment, next semester)</p>

<p>AP grades:
euro- 3
us- 3
gov't and politics- 4
Not so great, but two I self studied for. </p>

<p>Essay: very good. </p>

<p>Rec's will also be very positive, except I'm not sure how good the quality of the writing will be. I'm getting one from on of the college professors I had during my summer courses. He's head of the political science program and I want to major in political science. </p>

<p>here are the schools:
american university
smith college
mount holyoke college
villanova university
bryn mawr college
saint joseph's university (EA)
college of the holy cross
Bates (pretty much my number 1 choice!)
Fordham University (EA)
University of Scranton (EA)</p>

<p>other schools i'm considering that are a bit reachy:
NYU
Boston College
Wellesely</p>

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<p>bump (10 char)</p>

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<p>bump.</p>

<p>i will chance back.</p>

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<p>ugh bump (10 char)</p>

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<p>Be sure to check out the College Visits reports especially for Bates.</p>

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<p>I think you have a good shot at bates, but with it being the most reclusive Maine college, i know little about it. I get the impression it puts strong emphasis on writing which you seem to be good at.</p>

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<p>Yeah I have checked that out before and I've visited Bates. I love it =]</p>

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<p>45 views and barely any chances. =[</p>

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<p>I think you'll be fine for everything. Your GPA is not bad, your SAT is better than average, and you have passionate ECs, especially with the election organizing. However, make sure you don't write about your political views in your essays. Good luck!</p>

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<p>well, bryn mawr and smith will love you. i'd say you're definitely in for both of those. fordham...i dont know as much about, but its a match. as for bates, im not really qualified to say. </p>

<p>chance me back please?
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/585684-chances-ucla-berkeley.html#post1061174161%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/585684-chances-ucla-berkeley.html#post1061174161&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>oh btw, you do a great job focusing on your area of interest in your extracurriculars, etc.</p>

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<p>does anyone have an opinions about BC, NYU, and Wellesley?</p>

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<p>Yes, you have a shot at Bates. Just know that you will encounter some idiot athletes while you are there. I live in Maine and the two people to go last year had sat scores OUT OF 2400 of 1430 and 1610. The two athletes this year are 1560 and 1890. For non-athletes, they put a lot of emphasis on writing, just make sure your essays are up to your standards.</p>

<p>Can you chance me back?
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/585492-chance-guy-maine-big-sat-improvement.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/585492-chance-guy-maine-big-sat-improvement.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>bump (10 char)</p>

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<p>I think u have a good shot at BC, Villanova, and College of the Holy Cross. I don't know much about the other schools. Good luck!</p>

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<p>don't sell yourself short. You have a good shot at BC and NYU. I'm not too familiar with Wellesley though</p>

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<p>If you are interested in Holy Cross, be sure to interview there with an admissions officer. They have a reputation for rejecting students that they don't think are serious about attending the college.</p>

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<p>I had an interview actually. It went pretty well, but not my best interview.</p>

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<p>american university-in/match
smith college-match
bryn mawr college-high match
saint joseph's university (EA)-very good chance/in
Bates (pretty much my number 1 choice!)-good shot
Fordham University (EA)-good chance
NYU-high match
Boston College-slight reach
Wellesely-slight reach </p>

<p>I Chanced you for all those that i'm familiar with.
Chance me back?? Please. </p>

<p>But, for the most part, you are a very strong candidate!</p>

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<p>bump (10 char)</p>

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<p>bump.
i'd like to get a few more opinions on my reach schools.</p>