Hampshire college chances

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm 110% sure I'm going to get in, I just want to hear other people say it while I'm madly tearing out my hair waiting for my letter.</p>

<p>My GPA is 2.67 weighted which is very low for a Hampshire Applicant, but I go to an extremely rigorous school where all classes are to be considered the equivalent of honors classes at any other school, and about 20% of students' GPA's (according to the school's statistics) are in the 2.5 to 3.0 range. I'm also autistic and have ADHD so that accounts for a lot of my failings in terms of grades (my huge, very strict, very linearly designed school is not a good fit for me and my special needs at all <em>Holla at Hampshire, the perfect school for Aspies</em>).</p>

<p>I got a 2110 on the SATs and was given an award for my performance on the PSAT's</p>

<p>I'm an amazing writer. My common app essay is stellar, my "Why Hampshire?" essay is profound and includes a little doodle of me standing in front of the Hampshire campus hugging their alpaca, and my analytical essay is 7 pages of pure awesome. I'm also very modest.</p>

<p>I have really awesome extracurriculars, including volunteering at the MSPCA, reading poetry (sometimes in conference panels and sometimes with poet laureates), and working two really competitive, fiercely awesome jobs for teens.</p>

<p>My interview went perfectly. My interviewer sounded like she would have accepted me on the spot if she had the authority, and since she (the interviewer) was also the one who ran the Hampshire table at my school's college fair the next week, I joined her and helped in answering the questions of parents and my classmates, using my encyclopedic knowledge of everything Hampshire.</p>

<p>Hampshire college is also the only school to which I am applying, which I made sure my interviewer knew. She seemed taken aback.</p>

<p>I'm pretty sure I got really awesome recommendations. I asked my AP Writing teacher, who is really smart and fair and trustworthy and my art teacher, who's a quirky albino with whom I have a "mostly-love-but-a-little-bit-of-why-do-you-torture-me-so??" relationship who I think will do me justice. I also got an additional recommendation from the editor/boss at my first job and I know she will have had good things to say about me. My guidance counselor's recommendation he actually let me see because he wanted to discuss my Asperger's and wanted to make sure I was comfortable with what he wrote, and I feel that he did a good job of explaining why my grades aren't a very good reflection of who I am as a student.</p>

<p>Everything else you need to know is on this blog I made for Hampshire with all my supplementary stuff:
TaliaGoodman.blogspot.com</p>

<p>Seriously, guys, I'm only writing all this because I'm stressing myself crazy over this wait for my letter and I just needed to write it all down to reconvince myself that I am beyond the perfect candidate.</p>

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<p>Look for other schools similar to Hampshire. Applying to only one college is a recipe for disaster. While I agree that Hampshire is a good match for you, keep yourself busy by looking for other schools similar to Hampshire (or, open a new thread titled “Schools like Hampshire College”.) Telling a school you’re only applying there may indicate passion for the school, but it mostly shows 1° immaturity/irresponsibility and 2° willingness to put undue pressure on the college rep.
Right now, you’re behaving as if not having a Plan B is going to make Plan A happen. The two aren’t related - thinking that not working on other apps is going to help you is magical thinking. You can’t apply to just one school.
Yes you’ll likely get into Hampshire.
But instead of worrying about the “what if”, make sure you have plenty of back ups. And since you love Hampshire, those back ups should be Aspie friendly or similar to HAmpshire in many ways this way you’re covered no matter what.</p>

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<p>I appreciate your opinion, but to be honest, I’d really prefer not to get into a discussion about the wisdom of my choice around applying to only one school. I understand the risks and potential consequences involved and I’ve made the decision I feel most comfortable with.</p>

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<p>Okay, then.
Unless you just want a bunch of kids to tell you “you’ll get in, you’re great”, I’m not sure why you posted here though?
Hampshire is a match. So, odds are slightly above 1:2. That’s all we can reasonably say…</p>