<p>33 act
3.98 gpa
6/72 class rank
school has no ap but took hardest classes</p>
<p>ECs:
Student Council (3yrs) Student Body President:12; Class President:10,11
Policy Debate (4yrs) 4th, 11th, at State
Track(4yrs) State Qualifier
Big Brothers Big Sisters(2yrs)
Scholar's Bowl(4yrs) Captain
Wrote and received Grant for school
Varsity Cross Country</p>
<p>What are my chances for ED?</p>
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<p>The short answer is "I have no idea". You are a credible applicant for Swarthmore, but it's really hard to do beyond that. We don't know if you are a man or a woman. We don't know your race or ethnicity. We have no idea what kind of high school you go to, other than the fact that it is small. Are the five kids ahead of you going to Harvard? We don't know about any socio-economic factors that may come into play (first generation college, etc.). You don't say where you are from. A state with a million Swat applications or Mississippi? Are you a legacy? All of these factors and more are pieces of the puzzle.</p>
<p>Offhand:</p>
<p>1) Your ACT scores are fine. 66% of Swarthmore freshmen score 30 or higher so you might be 75th percentile.</p>
<p>2) Class rank. About 87% to 92% of Swarthmore freshmen are ranked in the top 10% of their high school classes. Hard to evaluate your rank without knowing your high school.</p>
<p>3) Student body president is a strong plus on your app. Debate is good and fits with a strength at Swarthmore, but Swat gets a lot of debaters. I doubt Track will get you an athletic tip, you would have to check with the coach. I'm intrigued by the grant you wrote and received. That's the kind of thing that could be brought to life in an essay. It has potential for demonstrating "Swattie" qualities. Do you have anything outside of school? A quirky hobby? Working after school in a grocery store?</p>
<p>Like most Swarthmore applicants, I think you'll need to figure out a way to bring your application to life in some way, probably through the essays. Here's the challenge in a nutshell. Just about everyone who applies to Swarthmore has decent enough stats. You don't have to have found the cure for cancer with your pre-kindergarten research internship, but you do need to figure out some way to stand out from the crowd and make somebody in admissions sit up, bleary-eyed and coffee-logged from a long evening of app reading and say, "Wow, this is an interesting kid...." You need to get your application into the "hmmm...interesting" pile.</p>
<p>Good luck! I root for every ED applicant to get accepted.</p>