do i have a chance here?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Swarthmore College
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<p>please help me, i'm very confused </p>

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<p>hey,</p>

<p>i have no idea what im doing with this process (id appreciate school suggestions, and such)</p>

<p>Aight, here goes nothin (i'm new to this)</p>

<p>gpa: 3.8 uw/4.0, 4.0 weighted
rank: hs doesnt rank
SAT: 2320
SATII: 710, 720, 660 (yea i know), 740, 750
toughest classes or wutever</p>

<p>section leader in marching band
student director of jazz ensemble
editor in chief of spanish literary publication
public relations director of Jumpstart Club, school base of the foundation, in which we raised tens of thousands of bucks for the NICU at mercy hospital
co-vp of Amnesty International chapter</p>

<p>National Honor Society
Tri-m Music Honor Society
Spanish Honor Society</p>

<p>Something very big in the works, ill let u know when we def. get approval from administration don't wanna jinx it (heavy stuff)</p>

<p>All-county band
Wind ensemble principal player
jazz, 1st chair
CW post honor band participant (1 of 20 kids from long island to play with the cw post band and the NAssau suffolk wind symphony)</p>

<p>Summer: lots of ill stuff, academics blah blah blah</p>

<p>didnt get ap scores yet, but i prolly gots 4s on em, dont think i got a 1 or anything</p>

<p>won adelphi university prize for leadership (money, etc)
high school award for work in El Ateneo (spanish publication)</p>

<p>volunteer for 4-5 years at Nassau University Med. Center</p>

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<p>anybody with some input?</p>

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<p>These "what are my chances" questions are so difficult to answer, especially when key information is not provided.</p>

<p>You certainly have the stats for a credible application to Swarthmore. But, beyond that, how could we really say?</p>

<p>We don't know your high school, so even if we had class rank, we can't evaluate what your GPA means. The key question here: where have students with YOUR GPA at YOUR high school gotten accepted and rejected in the last few years?</p>

<p>We don't know you race/ethicity and, of course, that makes a HUGE difference. </p>

<p>We don't know your gender. We don't know your socio-economic profile.</p>

<p>And, it is very hard to gauge ECs from a list without seeing how you bring one or two of them to life in your essays.</p>

<p>So all we can really say is, "yeah, you'll be in the running".</p>