Could I Get In?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Wesleyan University
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<p>Hello I am a high school senior and I am wondering if I have any chance at getting into some of the colleges I am applying to. I currently have a 3.5 GPA and have taken 5 Honors and 4 AP courses. I live in Connecticut and am hoping to stay in the Northeast or somewhere close by. My SAT score is a 2080, but I took it again this month and hope to bump it up to a 2100 or higher. Here are the colleges I am applying to:
Safety: Uconn, Fordham University, Union College
In-Between: Boston University, Trinity
In Range: Bates, Bucknell, Colby, Villanova, Holy Cross
Potential: Wesleyan (early decision), Vassar
Reach: Amherst, Williams, Yale</p>

<p>Wesleyan is my favorite school out of the bunch. I hope to become involved in a premed program if a school offers it, and want to major in biology or chemistry. </p>

<p>ECs:
Community Service Program Leader: paid position in which I organize many of the dances, fairs, and other events at my local community center. I gained this position after the many hours of community service I did over the years.</p>

<p>Community Service- I currently have about 150 hours of service, ranging from helping in soup kitchens at my community center to helping out at Pakistani medical centers.</p>

<p>Discovery to Cure Yale Medical Internship- selective 8 week international internship at Yale University (accepts 10% of over 300 applicants) where interns are paid to work in medical labs with prestigious researchers and present their findings in front of over 100 yale staff, fellow interns, and parents.</p>

<p>NCMNH Intern- I interned for 2 weeks in the Pakistani National Commitee for Maternal and Neonatal Health, where I participated in numerous national projects to help decrease many birth-related mortality issues.</p>

<p>Billing Assistant in a Pediatric Medical Practice (ivy-league affiliated)
Outdoor Track and Field (9th - 12th grade): JV and Varsity
Debate Team (11th and 12th grade)
Secretary of Cancer Research Club: (11th and 12th grade)
Secretary of Autism Speaks (12th grade)
Model UN (11th and 12th grade)
Republican Club (12th grade)
Muslim Awareness Club (12th grade)
Numerous Shadows of Medical Physicians </p>

<p>Does anyone think I could get into some of these schools with this resum</p>

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<p>You are unlikely to be accepted to Wesleyan without SAT over 1400 plus another hook. The only way you would have a chance is Early Decision. If you do have another hook, ie recruited athlete or legacy, you would have a good chance of acceptance. Obviously you cannot change your ethnicity, or at this point your state of residency, which would help as two additional ways to gain an advantage at Wesleyan. Do read the Gatekeepers, even though it is 10 years old the admission facts remain similar for Wesleyan.</p>

<p>You will likely be accepted at Trinity and almost certainly at Union. Bucknell, Bates, Colby would also be attainable but only with any certainty in Early Decision rounds. Sorry to be pessimistic but I have direct experience with these schools.</p>

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<p>nervedr, the OP said his her sat score was 2080 if I read it correctly. I am from teh mw and we dont do the sat normally, but do teh act. what is a 2080 sat correspond to in act composite score?</p>

<p>i cannot find a 2080 on this translation
<a href=“http://www.act.org/solutions/college-career-readiness/compare-act-sat/[/url]”>http://www.act.org/solutions/college-career-readiness/compare-act-sat/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>op, please also say whether you would be FP - full pay or wd need aid. in today’s econ climate ,t his element needs to be every chance thread , especially for non need blind schools.</p>

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<p>2080 equates to roughly a 31 ACT which is in range for Wes, even RD, but definitely acceptable ED. It’s the OP’s 3.5 GPA with only 5 honors and 4 APs that is the concern. Keep your grades up this term because Wes will very likely get in touch with your counselor to see how your senior year is coming along. Straight As this term or close to it could make all the difference.</p>

<p>Many of your match schools take into account the level of your interest in the school, so try to visit and interview at as many as you can.</p>