Do I Stand a Chance?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Swarthmore College
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<p>I know my chances must be very slim, but here's stats anyway</p>

<p>SAT I - 1390 (670 V, 720M)</p>

<p>SAT II - U.S. History 660
- Writing 700
- Math IC 610 (I know, bad)</p>

<p>GPA - 95.5% (for freshman year was about a 92, soph. 95, junior 98)</p>

<p>School doesn't rank, but last time I checked I was in top 12%.</p>

<p>7 AP courses, scored a 5 on U.S. History and Bio. </p>

<p>EC's</p>

<p>Varsity/JV Lacrosse (captain 10th grade)
Cello (solo)
Chamber Orchestra (1st Chair Cello)
Rock Band **(do they care about this? i wrote about it for my most significant activity short essay)
Tri-M Society
Orchestral Quartet
French Honor Society
National Honor Society
Habitat for Humanity
Winter Lacrosse
Summer Lacrosse
Make-A-Wish Found.
St. Pats Intr. Basketball
School Newspaper </p>

<p>Honors:</p>

<p>Pride Award - 11th Grade, for excellence and leadership in Phys. Ed.</p>

<p>Huntington Orchestra Awards - 10th and 11th grades, for excellence in Orchestra.</p>

<p>High Honor Roll - 2 years, for having an average above 95.</p>

<p>Placed in Long Island Bridge Competition</p>

<p>Good recs, good essay</p>

<p>thanks all</p>

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<p>anyone?</p>

<p>bump</p>

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<p>Socko:</p>

<p>Not really enough info to offer much of an odds assessement. Type of high school? Where do kids ranked around the top-10 percent cutoff get accepted? Race? Ethnicity?</p>

<p>Just based on what you have given us to go on, Swarthmore is probably a pretty big reach. However, there are Swatties who get accepted with similar test scores and class rank. In most cases, there would be something that makes the applicant stand out from the pack.</p>