I know you must be sick of "What are my chances?"

Colleges and Universities A-Z Swarthmore College
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<p>But do you mind giving me an idea? I really love Swarthmore and I'd like to be realistic about my prospects there.</p>

<p>I'm a biracial (half Latina, half White) senior at a small, private high school.
We don't do numerical GPAs but my letter average is an A+.
I'm in the top 10% (which happens to be the top five students).
I took AP Lit and Comp and APUSH last year and got 5s on both. This year I'm in AP Vergil, AP Language and Comp and AP Euro. All my other classes are Honors, except Religion, Psychology, and Sociology, which are electives and don't have higher levels.</p>

<p>I'm in National Honor Society and Latin Honor Society(President). My clubs are:
Forensics (Captain)
Newspaper (Copy Editor)
Knitting Club (President)
Latin Club (President)
Book Club
Service Club
Student Ambassadors</p>

<p>My SAT scores:
CR- 750
M- 570
Wr- 720
(I've only taken them once, and I hope to bring my math score up next time by 30 points)</p>

<p>SAT II scores:
English Literature- 700
US History- 750
I'm also taking Latin in a month, and I will retake the English, because 700 was only 82nd percentile.</p>

<p>I'm a National Merit Commended Student, and a National Hispanic Recognition Scholar.</p>

<p>Also, I skipped two grades, so as of now, I'm fifteen, ands will be sixteen when I start college.</p>

<p>Thanks so much for responding!</p>

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<p>Everything looks pretty good. You'll be competing with people whose stats are higher, of course, so I can't say that you're in. But stats alone won't get you in. The essay is very important, because I think that's a deciding factor of whether you fit Swarthmore or not.</p>

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<p>i was going to say what dchow did. do well on your essay and try to make yourself stick out amongst the pile of "i'm an amazing and fascinating student, accept me" stories. try to raise the math sat score. you seem to have a fair shot.</p>

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<p>Thank you both! Wish me luck on the SAT tomorrow.</p>

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<p>Just as an update: I got my Oct. SAT scores, and I now have 800 CR, and 620 math. My overall combined score is 2140. I'm working on the essays. ;)</p>