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<p>Hey!
I'm a senior in a public high school in Pennsylvania.
I have applied to Carleton ED. I visited the school in the summer and absolutely loved it. My interviewer was great and my interview was close to 1.5 hours because we shared many interests.</p>

<p>My unweighted GPA is a 90.2% (up from 87% at the end of my sophomore year). I am ranked 50 in my class of 271. I have taken the hardest load at my high school with lots of aps. Last year I took AP US History and AP language and Comp. and scored 4s on both of the tests. I am enrolled at Messiah College and taking classes along with my high school curriculum.</p>

<p>My SAT scores are 760 CR, 750 W, 680 M
SAT II: 730 US History, 630 Lit</p>

<p>EC activities:
-Boy Scouts 9-12- Eagle Scout, Senior Patrol Leader, Order of the Arrow
-Debate 9-12- Treasurer (11), Captain (12) 600 NFL points, too many awards to list, 5th in state, finalist for Pennsylvania High School Speaker of the Year. We lost our coach last year and I pretty much run the team.
-National History Day 9-12- 3rd in Nation in 2002, 3rd in state 2003 and 2004, state finalist 2005. National Constitution Center award 2003
-Quiz Bowl 11-12- Captain(12), compete in weekly league and appear on tv show
-Work: 10 hours/week 9-10, 20 hours/week 11-12
-Other ecs: volunteering (hundreds of hours), Political campaigning, Voice of Democracy, Science Fair, Yearbook, Scholastic Writing, stock market game, church committees, Center for Youth Leadership in Law and Government.</p>

<p>My essays and short answers are pretty incredible (my completely biased opinion). They made English teachers laugh and cry. From what I heard, my letters of recommendation are awesome. They talk about me running a debate team without a coach and my "unmatched" enthusiasm for learning.</p>

<p>If anybody can, please give me an idea what my chances are of being accepted to Carleton. Thanks!</p>

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<p>From the sound of it you look like you have a good chance at admission. You are taking full advantage of your school and doing well, you have good scores, and your ECS are pretty good. The fact that your teachers emphasized your enthusiasm for learning is also a big plus.</p>

<p>Oh btw I am a freshmen at Carleton if you have not seen my posts before, if you have any questions about student life here, or anything feel free to ask here or im me. I really think your chances are great... Good Luck! :)</p>

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<p>Thanks wbm!
I visited and my admissions fellow answeredmost of my questions. I was wondering what the weather is like in october and november.
Thanks for responding!
Jordan</p>

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<p>The weather this year (which is all I can speak of) was really pretty nice. For the most part it was very warm and sunny with the occasional cloudy/rainy day. I was told this was one of the warmest octobers in Minnesota history though so I suppose it was probably the exception rather than the rule. November started pretty much the same but then it got fairly cold. Now snow is predicted in the near future and it is getting very chilly and windy. But I will only be here another week so whatever.</p>