COLGATE UNIVERSITY ED LEGACY CHANCES

My stats:
-White male from NY
-94.24 GPA unweighted (equivalent of a 3.9 I believe, but correct me if I’m wrong)
-31 ACT first time; 32 second time
-7 APs: European History, Literature and Composition, US History, Language and Composition, Biology, Government and Politics, and Macroeconomics
-8 Honors: Biology Honors, Chemistry Honors, French 3 Honors, French 4 Honors, Humanities Research 1, 2 and 3 Honors, Algebra 2 Honors
-My school doesn’t provide class rank beyond quintiles, so all I know is that I’m in the top quintile of my class (top 20%).

Activities/Positions:
-National Honor Society member
-President of Sustainability Club
-Vice President of Mock Trial Team
-Head Editor for school-run blog
-Historian of Model United Nations
-Trumpet section leader in my school’s most selective Jazz Ensemble
-JV athlete on cross country team
-Created my own student-run tutoring business with my friend from another school district
-Founded local environmental organization focused on engaging younger students in creating innovative sustainability initiatives in my local community.
-Scholar in Humanities Research program started at my school (a three-year intensive independent research program that allows you to concentrate on a topic within the humanities disciplines; most students end the program with a 20-30 page thesis of work); I’ll be getting some of my work published in January.

Additional info:
-Legacy status: my mom, aunt, and uncle all attended Colgate.
-I’m working alongside my AP Lit teacher on my essay.
-I’m interested in pursuing poli sci, anthropology, or English. I’m also interested in doing some sort of concentration in environmental studies/policy.

Thanks in advance for your help!

You sound like a good match for Colgate, since you have a strong GPA and ACT score, and given that you are a legacy, you should be able to get in! Make sure you nail your essays, as that takes any borderline student above and beyond others. Your essay is your time to show Colgate who you are and why they should accept you, so if you can write an awesome essay, you should get in easily.

Thank you so much @allison1225 !! I’m currently working with my AP Lit teacher who is also writing one of my rec letters. He’s really strong at improving rhetoric skills and ensuring that his students write passionately and genuinely, so I think my essay will be pretty strong. Again thanks!!

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Any other words of advice?? It would be greatly appreciated.