<p>I know many of you hate these, especially since no one can know for sure who will get in and who won’t, but, that being said, can you chance me? </p>
<p>GPA: 3.81 unweighted
SAT: 1880 (I know, it is low)
Planning on taking the ACT next week</p>
<p>Senior year:
AP Bio
AP Macroeconomics
Spanish V honors
French IV honors
The Art and Literature of the Cinema
Shakespeare
Calculus </p>
<p>Junior year:
AP Lang and Comp (A, 4 on exam)
Latin IV honors (A)
French III honors (A-)
Spanish IV honors (A)
Precalculus (A-)
Physics (B+)
US History (A) </p>
<p>Sophomore year:
English 10 honors (A)
Algebra II/Trig (A-)
Chemistry honors (B+)
Latin III (school does not offer honors for this course, A+)
French II (I skipped french I, A+)
Spanish III honors (A)
Global History III (A-)
Drama Class (A) </p>
<p>Freshman year:
English 9 honors (A)
Global History I honors (B)
Geometry (A)
Biology honors (B+)
Latin I/II accelerated (A)
Spanish II honors (A)
Studio in Art (A) </p>
<p>8th grade:
Algebra accelerated (B)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Library volunteer
President of Cinema and Fine Tea
News editor for school paper
Founding Editor and Chief of the school’s first satirical newspaper
French Club member
Fine Arts Committee member at church
Participated in Spanish exchange
National Honors Society member
Student Director for school musical </p>
<p>Awards:
Polyglot Award (2012-13)
Junior certificate of merit for language
National Latin Exam silver medal
French Excellence Award </p>
<p>Notes:
I am very strong in languages and am now fluent in Spanish. I am also part Chinese, African American, and German. </p>
<p>If you improve the ACT a little above the SAT, there is nothing that says you don’t have a chance. And you’ll be the only student who can read her diploma.</p>
<p>Mardad, is it all that rare for students to study Latin these days? </p>
<p>Alochte, I think that your transcript tells a very interesting story – I get a good sense of your strengths and interests from the courses you have selected, and I am sure the Barnard ad com will,too. Romance languages, literature, drama.</p>
<p>Are your SAT scores kind of lopsided? Perhaps trong in Writing and CR, but brought down by a weaker math score? If so, I don’t think you need to worry too much about the scores – it’s obvious that you lean toward the humanities, and admissions people tend to look for consistency among your strong areas in the scores.</p>
<p>Of course it makes sense to take the ACT and hope for higher score, but your existing score is NOT disqualifying.</p>
<p>i really don’t want to be rude, but what else do you want? you have a chance just like everyone else with stats like yours. it’s like you want to be told you’re going to get in, and obviously no one here can tell you that. you obviously have amazing stats, so just try to relax and put together a great application.</p>