<p>Another one of these, this time I'm helping my sister (who doesn't know about this site).</p>
<p>Currently, she is looking at:
Denison - Safety
Miami (oxford) - Safety
Swarthmore- Match/Reach
Williams- Reach
Rice- Match/Reach
Oberlin- Match
Kenyon- Match</p>
<p>How accurate are these estimations in level of difficulty of getting into? I'm specifically interested in the schools I put at "Match/Reach." (i.e. Rice)</p>
<p>Her Stats, I guess would be helpful.</p>
<p>GPA: 4.7 Weighted
Rank: 18 out of 7 hundred something
SAT: 1850
ACT: 30
AP's: APUSH-4, Chem-?</p>
<p>EC: Tennis- 8 years + Varsity since Freshman; All-league/All-State
Piano- 10 years
NHS- NHJS/NHS Liason Chair
High School Orchestra+ District Honor Orchestra since Freshman
Volunteer at local Hospital</p>
<p>Other: Miami University Multi-cultural Leadership Forum
National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine</p>
<p>You don’t provide enough information to access chances. For example, we don’t know what race your sister is.</p>
<p>Rice and Swarthmore are as big a reach as Williams is. Those three schools are equally difficult as far as admissions, although they may favor one type of student over another.</p>
<p>Being all-state in tennis, your sister should contact the tennis coaches at all schools that interest her. A tennis tip would go a long way towards an acceptance letter. Her potential as a recruited athlete will vary widely from school to school. For example, Rice is Div I. You’ve got quite a range of tennis squads in the Div III schools. Williams, I believe, won the national championship a couple of weeks ago, so it would take a pretty good player to be recruited.</p>
<p>If your sister is a minority, she might want to do a You Tube search for the “Eph Partay” rap video posted by the women’s tennis team. Most everyone watching it has the same reaction, “Wow. That’s the whitest thing I’ve ever seen…”</p>
<p>^ Agreed, but if the SAT was raised by 200-300 points, the app would be really good, and even more prestigious schools could be considered. Is there a possibility of a retake?</p>
<p>Yeah, Swarthmore is definitely not a match for anyone. Our school’s senior valedictorian had a 2270 SAT score, was amazing at practically everything and got rejected.</p>
<p>^ Wow! That’s rather unusual, but I guess that Swarthmore has enough applicants that it can be this choosy. For Swarthmore, it’s more than a nice GPA and SAT, as it’s a small, liberal arts college. Pour a lot of time into the essay, and get killer recs and you have a shot with a higher SAT.</p>
<p>I don’t think we have enough information to conclude that the SAT is too low to get accepted at any of these schools. </p>
<p>Obviously, it is in the lower quartile of SAT scores at Rice, Swarthmore, and Williams. However, these schools evaluate SAT scores in context and being in the top 2% of the high school class and all-state in tennis is the start of a pretty nice bit of context, especially if the applicant is an underrepresented minority, as is suggested by the participation in the “multicultural” summer program at a college in Ohio by a NJ student. If this student is a URM, I think she has a legitimate shot at Swarthmore. Not enough info to predict either way, but I wouldn’t rule it out.</p>
<p>This poster’s sister needs to contact tennis coaches at these schools.</p>
<p>“I don’t think we have enough information to conclude that the SAT is too low to get accepted at any of these schools.”
I’ll give you that, but statistically it is improbable.</p>
<p>yes she is retaking the SAT. and she’s asian american if it matters.</p>
<p>Sorry I’m just trying to get a feel for the LAC’s since I have little personal experience with them. I applied to all research universities but my sister prefers somewhat smaller schools with more personal attention.</p>
<p>And yes she has contacted every school that was DIII about tennis and they have asked for tapes, etc… (her doubles partner is going to amherst if that means anything)</p>