merc81
December 31, 2020, 9:49pm
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With sufficient information, many results may be fairly predictable. It was suggested to this OP, for example, that she should pack her bags for Philadelphia:
Hello! I am a senior this year with pretty good stats, but I am having trouble finding schools I like that fall somewhere between schools that are safteties for me and schools that are a reach for everyone who applies. I live in Indiana, but I would prefer to go to school in the Northeast.
My stats:
SAT I (breakdown): 2280 CR:730 W:790 M:760
ACT (breakdown): 33 M:33 W:31 R:34 S:28
SAT II: Math 2: 720 Literature: 730
GPA (out of 4.0) UW/W: 3.9/4.23
Student Council (Class Secretary) 9, 10
Key Club (Class Representative) 9, 10
Third Wave Feminism (Co-President) 11, 12
Amnesty International (Co-President) 11, 12
Astronomy Club (Co-President) 11, 12
Academic Super Bowl (Captain of 2015 State-Finalist Team) 10,11, 12
School Newspaper (Organizer of a TEDx event with this club) 11, 12
School Ambassador (we give campus tours to prospective students) 11, 12
French Club 9, 10, 11, 12
Competitive Dance Team (Captain) 9, 10
~200 hours of community service
Note: I transferred from m…
And it was suggested to this student that they “try to act surprised” when they receive an acceptance from Carleton:
Hello! I was wondering if anyone could give me my brief changes of getting into Carleton College! I’m applying ED1 and my stats are belows.
State: MN
GPA: UW 4.0 W 4.174
ACT: 33
Major: Biology/PreMed
Track/cross country recruit but I hear they can’t do much about admissions chances…
No APs offerred but took/taking 9 dual enrollment courses
Had an interview that went well
ECs
Track and Field (captain)
Cross Country (captain)
Basketball (captain)
Choir (treasurer)
Customer service job (24 hours/week)
Pollinator garden restoration project
Theatre (lead roles)
Student Council
NHS
Common App essay about hair loss, quirky supplementals
Strong letters of rec (bio teacher that loves me track coach/English teacher)
I would aporiciate all honest feedback! My downfalls are class rank of 4/100 and I only have 2 years of spanish (9/10). I did an early read for athletics and was a highly likely admit but that was with spanish on my schedule senior year (couldn’t fit with calculus…