Chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I apologize ahead of time. But my counselor won't be straight with me and I want to know the opinion of the masses. My goal is Pomona College or Brown, but any liberal arts college (in good standing?) I'd be grateful for.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.7 (competitive, elite high school in nyc)</p>

<p>SAT: 2270</p>

<p>Extracurrics: heavily involved in minority representation activism for the last three years (on staff of several grassroots organizations, founder of a project), minor involvement in science extracurriculars (mostly museum and tutoring work)</p>

<p>Interest: Ethnic Studies, Environmental Science</p>

<p>Mostly I'm worried because my junior year was a mix of As and Bs. I'm a decent writer compared to my peers, and I'm pretty confident in my college essay</p>

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<p>Your EC’s look great! My college counselor told me that admissions counselors love to see kids involved in EC’s that are more than one year long. I think Brown is a good choice for you. What is your class rank?</p>

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<p>Brown and Pomona aren’t safeties or even low matches for anyone. If you founded a project then you assumed leadership in it, so it’s a plus.</p>

<p>Brown: A reach for the vast majority of applicants, and so it is for you.
Pomona: Reach</p>

<p>What safeties did you plan for?</p>

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<p>Your junior grades will kill the bonus you earned through ECs… Unless there was a solid reason for that grade.</p>

<p>But even with 4.0 junior grades, you would have had a really hard time with Pomona and Brown still, unless you were black/hispanic and/or low income. I see though that you don’t qualify for both?</p>

<p>What other ECs/awards you have?</p>

<p>And any AP/SAT IIs?</p>

<p>Edit: Far reach for both unless you have AP/SAT II scores to back yourself up;;</p>