<p>hey everyone
i visited bates college and loved it, and found out that colby, which is not too far off, had a free online app. i decided to apply, totally cold. no interview, etc. i dont really know if i want to attend colby, but since im applying cold, what are my chances? </p>
<p><strong>Aiming for premed</strong></p>
<p>Race: Asian/Indian
GPA: 3.5 ( i think this should go up by RD app time)
Rank: 34/235 ( again, i think this should go up by RD app time)
ACT: 28
AP Hist score: 4
taken most challenging courses offered, aced only a few, B/B+ in most...good or bad?
Senior Year Courses (grades so far):
AP Bio: B
AP Calc: B
H1 Physics with Calc: A-
H2 Brit Lit: A
Cit Gov: A
<em>incredible essay, colby suppl was alright, i did the ghandi qoute one and how it related to my family personally since we're indians (parents are immigrants)</em></p>
<p>Comm. Service: over 120+ hours in ER at local hospital
Sports: soccer since four (not vars/jv, extra curricular, indoor, etc)
baseball one year (summer league)
tennis (jv)
Academics: science team, math team, yearbook (all 4 yrs)
Music: private drum lessons, perc ensemble, jazz band (all 4 yrs)</p>
<p>College related:
-invited to and attended multicultural recruitment prologue program at Bates College; they gave me an app fee waiver
- Holy Cross diversity overnight stay
-attended BMSCP at Harvard Med for minority students
-EXCELLENT teach reccs; one alumni recc for Holy Cross (it's really good)</p>