ED Chances?

<p>Chance me for middlebury. I plan on applying ED.</p>

<p>I have all ready visited the school.</p>

<p>UW 3.68/W 4.38
ACT C:31 M:34 E:28 R: 26 S: 34. I didn't study this time and am taking it again in september.
SAT 2 Math 2:800, Bio M 750 World History 720
APs. Taken 6, 3 5's, 2 4's, 1 3 and 1 college level molecular biology class
Senior year schedule:
Multivariable Calculus
AP Biology
AP Eng Lit
AP US History
AP Computer Programming
Honors Health (required for grad) and personal finance second semester</p>

<p>Taken all honors for all years of high school except 1 semester of spanish. Started spanish in 6th grade and took for 4 years.
Go to best public high school in state
School doesn't rank
309.5 Student Service Learning Hours
Nominated Rensselear and Bausch and Lomb awards</p>

<p>EC's
Boy Scout Rank Life, held like 10 positions listed in resume
Jewish Youth Group Treasurer
XC, indoor and outdoor track all 4 years varsity only senior
School's character education and student life committe (Like SGA only actually gets stuff done and volunteer not elected, school has SGA too but im not part of it)
Active Member of Key Club
Academy of Math Technology and Sciences at my school (Kinda like majoring in high school where I have to take a certain distribution of STEM classes and have outside of class requirements like lectures and research projects).</p>

<p>Research Experience
Waksman Student Scholars program (research program funded by Johns Hopkins and Rutgers)
Mount academy for scientific exploration (research camp at Mount Saint Mary's university)
Intern At National Institutes of Health NIDDK</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Desk attendant at pool summer after 9th
Lifeguard summer after 10th</p>

<p>Recs
Counselor doesn't really know me, but i filled out a big packet that she uses to write it, should be an average counselor rec.
First teacher taught my college level bio class and loves me.
Second teacher taught Pre Calc and AP Stat and is the nicest teacher in the school.</p>

<p>Essays, working on them right now kinda have writers block but I have a while.
Plan on having an interview</p>

<p>My daughter applied ED I with a much higher unweighted GPA and much better ACT scores (Composite 33, English 36, Math 36, Science 30), and was rolled over to regular decision. She was offered a place on the waiting list April 1, but never got off the wait list. I don’t see too much in your extra curriculars that make you pop. I recall their saying in the info session that they weigh the GPA very very heavily. Apply if you want, but don’t get your hopes up too high, and plan on applying to a lot of other less selective schools. Now if you could get your ACT composite up to 34 that might change the entire ballgame.</p>

<p>GDMACK, your poor D! Hope she is happy where she landed.
To the OP, I would push the math and science angle in your essays. The only deficiency in your test scores is the reading, and plenty of people with lower scores have gotten in. You are qualified, but you need an angle. Don’t sound wishy-washy, but they need non-bio majors for that new science building.
Also, could you possibly run for Midd? Intending to run may help your chances, even if you don’t get support.</p>

<p>I certainly am pushing my science because I know middlebury has no shortagae of biology majors so I need to come out as extremely strong in that since I want to major in that. I wouldn’t have a chance at running for middleubury even if the whole current team and all it’s recruits broke their legs. I only do xc/track as a place to excersise with my friends. My schools running teams each season top 100 kids even being one of the few schools in our county that makes cuts.</p>

<p>I also took the ACT without studying and the English and Reading questions really suprised me because they are nothing like the ones they ask on the SAT or PSAT, so this time I will be more prepared and plan on doing a lot better on those sections</p>

<p>You might consider the approach of submitting the 3 SAT II’s—an alternative which I think Midd still allows. Yours are quite impressive.</p>

<p>I have been thinking about that option</p>

<p>I’d submit them all, because they show your breadth and depth of knowledge.
I think your chances ED are better than 50-50, and higher with a more focussed resume and essays that reflect your passion.</p>

<p>OldBatsie–yes my D landed at Colby. Honestly I think her educational experience there will not be much different than it would have been at Middlebury, and the entrance stats of the incoming Colby classes are very smiiliar to incoming classes at Middlebury–they just have fewer applicants. She did her first semester at Colby in Dijon France where all of her classes were in French, and where she lived with a French family. Honestly she loves the school and has decided she landed where she was supposed to land and does not look back. Having said all of that, if I had to choose where I would rather go visit my child–Middlebury, VT or Waterville, ME., I would choose Middlebury hands down as it has much more charm and is much more “idylic New England” than Waterville. My reasons for wishing she had gotten into Middlebury instead of Colby has nothing to do with Colby or Middlebury as Colleges.</p>

<p>Re: GDMACK
You see people, this is what I’ve been saying. I find it hard to believe there is any significant difference in educational quality between Middlebury and Colby, even though most people on CC would likely say that Middlebury is more prestigious than Colby. While most people on here would also probably tell you Williams or Amherst are slightly more prestigious than Middlebury I can’t imagine there’s any difference in educational quality. The funny thing with LAC’s is that if someone has ever heard of Williams or Amherst, and knows enough to believe there is any difference in prestige over Middlebury (or Colby for that matter), then they will also hold Middlebury and Colby in high regard. People need to relax about the rankings. This obsession with the rankings isn’t helping anyone. Besides, we all know Midd is the best school out there ;)</p>

<p>I agree with your general comments- the best school for YOU is where you’ll be challenged and stimulated intellectually, make friends for life, and learn how to learn/study/ become an adult.
This comparing small LACs in the top 50-100 is splitting hairs. Bates got me where I needed to go, my H succeeded at MIT(tho he was bruised and battered), and my best friend from HS got where he needed to from UMass. Maybe had to push a little harder, but he had the drive and the ability.
PLUS it is so hard to get into these schools in our global student marketplace, that many who are qualified and would be excellent additions to the student body are turned away. So a smart person would apply ED to the one they like who is fairly likely to accept them, or several similar schools with a couple safeties, and see what happens.
My oldest was heartbroken when he didn’t get into H. Now he admits he is likely better off at Midd. Cognitive dissonance or maturity?</p>