<p>I am looking to apply to:
Bowdoin
Colby
Claremont mckenna
Pomona
Whitman
Lewis and Clark
Stanford (stretch)</p>
<p>I live in Santa cruz CA got a 2310 sat(790m 720 cr 800w) have a 3.97 uw gpa (4.48 w) play two varsity sports, am a leader in my youth group and work all year as a math tutor</p>
<p>Well, it’s pretty difficult without having a full picture of you, but here’s my take: your grades/SAT scores are definitely good enough to virtually assure your spot at Whitman (as long as you don’t screw anything up). Colby & Lewis and Clark are definitely matches, and you shouldn’t have too much difficulty getting into them. Claremont McKenna I would say will probably accept you, but I would say it’s only around a 60% shot. Colby is probably around 60% as well. As for the other schools, it’s going to depend heavily on your essays and recs, but since you don’t have a hook or an edge, I would say that you have around a 35% chance at Bowdoin, maybe a little bit lower at Pomona. As for Stanford, I would give you around a 20% chance. Good Luck!</p>
<p>PS: Those chances are assuming that your essays are good which I’m basing off your 800w score. And if you get an opportunity, please chance back!
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/746059-why-did-i-only-fall-love-my-reaches.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/746059-why-did-i-only-fall-love-my-reaches.html</a></p>
<p>Wow…you should have really done more ec’s wise because it could have given you much better options. I can chance you really well, but I need more information. </p>
<p>What year are you? Race/ethnicity/gender? School type: large average public, small private, etc.? Any hooks – i.e. interesting things/life story you can add to the school community or significant leadership experiences or awards? AP/honors courses taken or rigor of course load? How many graduates from your school traditionally attend Ivy League + Stanford + MIT + Duke + Georgetown? Are you middle class, wealthy, from a disadvantaged background, or first generation college student? What do you plan to write your essay about? Are you a legacy anywhere or have your parents donated significantly to a school you are interested in? U.S. Citizen?</p>
<p>Remember, colleges will be looking at the totality of who you are as an applicant, not just numbers. So, chancing you based on the info you provided would give you BAD, INACCURATE responses. Be weary of any response which doesn’t take into account the above information…If you had been more aware of how elite colleges evaluate applicants and consciously did things to strengthen your overall profile in terms of creating a clear narrative that makes you an attractive applicant and had a remarkable/interesting extracurricular profile Stanford WOULD NOT be a stretch at all. But, if you essentially just did academics and are not a recruited athlete you basically wrote your own rejection letter because you will not stand out in the applicant pool.</p>
<p>“So, chancing you based on the info you provided would give you BAD, INACCURATE responses.”</p>
<p>Wow, thanks. I love how self-righteous you are, you must be preparing for a future career as an adcom.</p>
<p>I am an upper middle class white male. My parents went to ucsc my grandparents went to Stanford harvard and brown.
My school is public and this year sent 2 to Stanford 3 to ivies 4 to top LACs 10 to cal and plenty more to UCs.
I am going to get recruited at all the LACs but not Stanford. I do a lot of volunteer work through my church group including organizing blanket drives, working at a bible camp, etc.
I volunteer at a nursing home on my own, and work every summer at baseball camps. I have won several schoolwide awards for sports and academics and am qualified for the national merit scholarship. I am in some clubs in school but don’t hold high positions in any.</p>
<p>@davida1</p>
<p>While colleges do look at the whole applicant, scores and grades are very good at giving a “ballpark estimate”. For the purposes of the CC chances threads, where there are probably not many adcoms, that should be enough.</p>