Chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi! I am a high school senior who just applied to all of my colleges, and I’m wondering about my chances.

Here are my stats:

ACT: 33 (Math: 32, Science: 29, English: 35, Reading: 36)
PSAT: 1430 (National Merit Commended)
GPA: UW: 3.99, W: Not sure, but definitely near the top of my class
Class Rank: 14 of 410 unweighted, likely within the top 5 or 10 if weighted
AP: Sophomore: Seminar (4)
Junior: US History (5), Composition and Language (5), Physics (4), Calculus AB (4)
Senior : Economics (macro and micro), Research, Calculus BC, Environmental Science, US Government
Honor: World History
College Level: Spanish 103, Spanish 201

Extracurriculars (through senior year):

Varsity Cross Country for 4 years, member of a state ranked 3A team in a competitive state
5K time: 16:21 (I will run in college, whether on a team or just for fun.)

Varsity Track for three years (JV Freshman), 4:40 1600m time

National Honor Society for 3 years, Volunteer Coordinator Junior year, President Senior Year, organized school functions, projects, and volunteer events

Leadership: Class senator 9-11, School Treasurer senior year, presented workshops at statewide leadership conference, head of Logistics Committee for statewide arts festival, attended multiple leadership camps, have taken class for 4 years

School Board Representative: student representative for my school at the district level, shared my experiences and learned about the internal workings of the school system, presented information about my school to the board. Attended statewide policy conference.

Writing: I’ve won short story writing competitions in my county of 850,000 for high school aged authors for the past 3 years.

Service Project: I created a service project through the National Honor Society which compiles the short stories, poems, and essays of elementary students into a book published through Amazon. The students were asked to write broadly about the future, in order to stimulate critical thinking and literary skills. The books were published using funds from the NHS, meaning that all the students received their book free of charge. I am working with my library system and other schools to move this project onto a larger scale and into more disadvantaged communities. My eventual goal is to get schools throughout my region to take on my project, and create a network of high school writers helping each other throughout the self-publishing process.

Speech and Debate (9-11)- Public Forum debate. Quit senior year to focus on cross country.

Knowledge Bowl (11-12)

What could my chances be at these school?

UW Seattle(in-state)
Tufts University
Carleton College
Pomona College
Bowdoin College
Middlebury College
Macalester Colleg
Hamilton College
Oberlin College
Grinnell College
Whitman College
Occidental College

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A number of the schools like to see that you’ve shown interest. Have you visited or interviewed?

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@Deaston I’ve interviewed for Pomona, Carleton, and Bowdoin. I have an interview scheduled for Grinnell, and have requested and am waiting hear back from the other ones. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to visit…

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Then you should be in good shape!

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You might get into a surprising number of these colleges, partly because – though they are a generally highly selective group – you seem to have chosen them well.

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I think you’ll get into all your schools besides maybe Tufts, Pomona, Bowdoin and Midd. Of those, however, I wouldn’t be surprised if you get into 2 or more. Good luck!!