Help a guy out

<p>applied to a school ED, but am not sure i'll get in and am therefore preparing for the worst (and hoping for the best). I am interested in Bowdoin, Middlebury, Tufts, Wesleyan, Colby, and some other liberal arts colleges. Would anyone chance me. I am also open to suggestions of other small colleges. <7000 students preferably. I am interested in in economics.</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>GPA: UW 3.76
SAT I: W:750 M:720 CR:660
SAT II: math ii: 770 waiting on physics
ACT: Will be taking soon
AP: World History 3, US History 3, Microeconomics 3, Macroeconomics 3, Psychology 4, English 11 4, Statistics 4
Taking 5 more AP's senior year.</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurricular: Lacrosse jv 9th, 10th grade
1 wrestling 9th, 10th, 11th grade varsity,
2 Member of high school Young Republican Club (president 10th, 11th grade)
3 Internship at Romney Victory office: summer before 11th grade and during 11th grade until nov. 6th
4 Started an organization: Teenage Republicans of Northern Virginia, which networks 28 high schools teenage republican clubs to work cohesively on campaigns by phone banking and door knocking. Also hosts events. ie. candidate youth forum, where all republican candidates for Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General came and answered questions focused towards teenagers.
5 Internship at Washington First Bank: summer before senior year
6 Member of Student Gov. 9-11th grade: vp of class and member of High school "Executive Board" 12th grade: president of school/exec board
7 Member of NHS</p>

<p>Job: worked at a country club cleaning golf clubs, golf carts, cleaning the driving range, etc.</p>

<p>What are you looking for in a college? Have you visited any of these schools? Have you looked at their courses to see if any have courses you might like? What is it about these particular schools that you have put them on your list? It seems like you want us to chance you for any highly selective liberal arts college that you could possibly get into – and my instinct is that the colleges may sense this. Instead, try something different. Begin by looking at what YOU want – rural vs city, small vs medium, liberal vs mixed vs conservative; specific majors; Greek system vs none; all are Div 3 so I am guessing no Div 1 athletics doesn’t matter to you… but you can see where I am going. You are going to have a better “chance” of getting into a school if you KNOW why you want to go to that school. </p>

<p>On a separate note - Your background shows a conservative bent and an interest in politics. Wesleyan tends to be quite liberal but you might make a difference with your emphasis on politics, if you are OK with an overall more liberal environment. I am not sure of the others.</p>

<p>I definitely don’t want to be stuck at a “crazy conservative” school. I think of myself as a fiscally conservative and socially liberal person. Nonetheless I definitely categorize as a republican. My high school is filled with wanna be rednecks so I’m trying to escape that. I’ve visited Wesleyan, Middlebury, Tufts, and am visiting Colby and Bowdoin later this month. I am definitely looking for a smaller school. I want to go into finance. I know that all of these schools have good economics programs. Thanks for your input. I don’t want to come off as someone who is only looking at schools for their prestige. It just so happens that the NESCAC schools have a lifestyle and academic rigor I can see myself being a part of for four years. @momof2back2back</p>

<p>Thank you - and great answers. I am not as familiar with Colby’s admit rates - I think that you have a good shot at most of the schools (assuming that your application package shows you as an interesting and unique person) but if your CR could climb up 20-40 points your chances would be very strong. (I say that about the interesting and unique person only in that lots of students have the same creds or greater than you, and I truly believe these days that part of it is a crapshoot and part is whatever spots they may need at that time – eg., a purple haired oboe player, and lastly, part is a connection that a student may make through his or her application with the reader. The first you have no control over; the second – well who knows, so the third part is what you can control. Good luck! You have a shot.</p>

<p>For RD at any of these schools, you can help yourself by having an excellent 1st semester of your senior year. And, as mom points out above, re-take your SAT and see if you can pump it up 20 -40 points. Math and writing are very good. Frankly the CR is great too compared to most students, but for the very selective schools like Middlebury and Bowdoin, getting a 700 on all sections could help you. Good luck to you.</p>

<p>For RD, you really need either a much higher CR score or an ACT score of 33+ for the best shot at Midd or Bowdoin. After you take the ACTs, check out the concordance tables and submit your best scores (ACT or SAT.)</p>

<p>I think your best shot of the above schools is Colby. </p>

<p>I don’t think you will be happy at Wesleyan, it’s very very liberal.</p>

<p>Also, visit Bates while you are in Maine. My D is at Midd and after visiting the 3 Maine NESCACS, Bates was her second choice. :)</p>

<p>Consider ED2 if your ED1 doesn’t work out.</p>

<p>You could use a couple of true safeties. </p>

<p>Where did you apply ED?</p>

<p>“For RD, you really need either a much higher CR score or an ACT score of 33+ for the best shot at Midd or Bowdoin.”</p>

<p>Bowdoin is SAT optional. They just don’t consider the scores, trust me. One of my friends works as an admission intern there. What’s his job? Take the SAT reports that are mailed to Bowdoin and put them in a box and set it aside.</p>

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<p>On Bowdoin’s CDS, they classify standardized test scores as “Important.” They also state that standardized test scores are “considered if submitted.” For the class that enrolled last year, 65% of enrolled students submitted SAT I scores and 30% submitted ACT scores. You do the math.</p>

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<p>Checking past posts, he applied to Dartmouth ED.</p>

<p>Yup, Dartmouth ED. I realize it’s quite a stretch, but if I didn’t apply I would also wonder, “what if?” I’m retaking the SAT this month and am studying extensively for the CR section. Hopefully, I’ll get it to 700 or even 730 to get a total SAT of 2200.</p>