Could you help me get an idea of my chances

Colleges and Universities A-Z Oberlin College
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<p>Male
White
Elite Private High School
Class size 47
School does not rank</p>

<p>SAT
M 690
V 680
W 650
Taking the test again in Nov</p>

<p>SAT subject tests
Math 2 650
Literature- will receive scores on Thursday</p>

<p>GPA 92.46 on a 100 pt scale</p>

<p>AP Exam Scores
Biology-4
English Comp-4
U.S. History-5
Calculus AB-4
Chemistry-3</p>

<p>I have taken all the Ap classes my school has to offer (8 of them) and will take the AP exams for the last 3 at the end of this year when i finish those courses, i have recieved As in 4 of my AP classes and a B+ in the other. I have not gotten my first term grades back yet</p>

<p>Volunteer work
2005-2007 Volunteer WPS Volunteers (various)
July 2006 Volunteer Apalachian Service Project (tenessee)
Apalachian service project, building houses in tennessee for underprivileged families.
Avg. Hours: 40
2007 Volunteer Ocean City Democratic Club (Various)
Volunteering with the Ocean City/Assateague Democrats, giving out pamphlets and hanging up doorknob signs
2006/07 volutneer WPS Volunteer (WPS School)
Once a week traveling to various classrooms and taking out recycalables
Avg. Hours: 1</p>

<p>Employment History
summer 2005 Runner Castle In the Sand hotel (Ocean City, MD)
Avg. Hours: 30
summer 2006 Front Desk Clerk Castle In the Sand Hotel (Ocean City, MD)
Avg. Hours: 40
summer 2007 Front Desk Clerk Castle in the sand hotel (Ocean City, MD)
Avg. Hours: 40
summer 2004 Concession Stand Worker Planet Maze (Ocean City MD)
selling food products
Avg. Hours: 20</p>

<p>Honors & Awards
2005 Oratory Contest, zone winner Optimists club
advanced to fourth level in competition
2005 Academic Convacation Speech
Highest Academic Average
2006 Academic Convocation
Art Appreciation
2006 Earned membership to the National Honor Society
2007 Academic Covocation
Chorus
2007 Academic Convocation
For excellence in the Maryland Math League
2007 National Merit Scholarship Contestant
considered for the National Merit Scholarship for outstanding preformance on the PSAT
2007 AP Scholar with Distinction</p>

<p>Activities & Interests
2006 National Youth Leadership Forum on Law NYLF
A week of learning how our legal system is run. Included seminars, mock trials, and mock supreme court cases
2005, 2006, and 2007 Upper School Musicals
The Pyjama Game, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolored Dreamcoat, The Wiz
Fall 2005 and 2006 Golf, practice squad
2005 and 2006 Botball WPS
engineering program, working with physichal engineering in combonation with computer programing
Avg. Hours: 8
2005 Jv Basketball Manager
Managed Jv basketball team
2005-2007 Beak Speaks Newspaper
Staff
2006-07 SGA Representitive
a represetitive of the junior class in the Student Government Association
2005-06-07 Upper School Ensemble
An elite member of the upper school chorus
June 2007 Anti-Smoking Musical
writing and acting in a musical which is directed to show the consequences of smoking.
Avg. Hours: 6
2005/2006/2007 Upper School Chorus
A member of the upper school choral society
2006/2007 Drama Elective
A group dedicated to the dramatic arts
200/2008 beak speaks newspaper
Editor
2007/08 WPS Drama club (starting late october)</p>

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<p>......... : ( pweeeaaaasssseeee</p>

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<p>okay okay..</p>

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<p>step 1 are you applyin for fin. aid?..if yes then u have a 50-50 chance..if no ..proceed to step 2
step 2 you are in congratulations
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<p>On paper, you easily fit the Oberlin bill. Yes, Oberlin is an elite LAC, but they want diversity in their student body, interesting and compassionate kids.</p>

<p>While your GPA, scores, and academic achivements are excellent, your extracurriculars seem all over the places. I can kind of draw your interests as being musical/drama ones, but they are overshadowed by the other overwhelming amount of ECs. </p>

<p>Make your resume more concise, focused, and to the point. List after list of academic excellence, while impressive, is cumbersome and doesn't really communicate you. </p>

<p>Make yourself an individual to the adcoms!</p>

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<p>Builtfordakill: your most recent post gives an erroneous impression. While Oberlin is not entirely need-blind, financial need has NO impact on admissions decisions in about 95% of cases. Only in borderline cases do the people making admissions decisions even know an applicant's financial-aid status. Financial aid status would NEVER make as much difference as you suggest.</p>

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<p>i still believe that the financial status has a major impact in the final decision..my understanding is that it serves to filter the large no. of students that are selected from the admissions process and that it's specially true for international applicants.
But again..i'm not an admissions officer..so i wouldn't know...;)..that's just my personal view....</p>

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<p>I will be applying for financial aid. I was a little worried by what you said about it so i did a little research, and what i found is that it comes into play when comparing students who are right on the cusp. Im not exactly sure if I am one of those students, but I dont think i am, so im trying not to worry much about that</p>

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<p>No, financial status isn't really that big of a deal - it could be a dealbreaker, though. Oberlin's a lot better with the money than many other colleges.</p>

<p>You've got a pretty good chance, OP.</p>