I've finally given in (Chances?)

Colleges and Universities A-Z Bryn Mawr College
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<p>I know these posts are annoying, but I’m really not sure of anything. And no, I’m not about to list perfect 800 board scores, a 4.0 UW GPA, and one billion and twenty-two thousand page EC list. I’m just a normal (well, very strange in real life, girl). </p>

<p>And so it goes:</p>

<p>Caucasian female from middle-class suburb in Pennsylvania. Highly ranked high school, 1900 plus students. Number one student in my class has a 4.62 weighted, I believe, to put things in perspective. </p>

<p>4.155 W, 3.8 (?) UW, 45/400 (top 11 percent, I believe)
2020 SAT 1 (hopefully I’ll raise it to a 2150) (770 Writing- 12 essay, 2 MC wrong) That’s my strong point, but unfortunately, they aren’t really looking at that)
Graduate with 5 AP (I received a 4 on English Lang Comp)
Pretty strong (but not great) course load (upward trend with GPA junior year-4.36 W); honors/seminars/AP
Haven’t taken SAT II yet</p>

<p>EC:</p>

<p>Editor-in-chief of Newspaper: yay! (highly ranked public school with 1900 + students)
Editor-in-chief and re-founder of the school literary magazine (published periodically)
Founder of the Literature Club (President) (10,11,12)
Co-founder of the Asian Awareness Club (11,12)
Best Buddies Associate member (9,10,12)
Library Aid (12th): involves one-two hours per day of shelving/cataloguing/etc.
Participant in the GIFTED (accelerated) program: 4th through 12th grade
Spanish National Honor Society
National Honor Society
Studying Japanese (Level 1) at language school in nearby city (every Saturday, 2 hours); unfortunately, my parents couldn’t afford a college course (checked out one at Villanova, but too pricey)
Community service is pretty strong (estimated time is unknown, as of now)</p>

<p>Employed at Bagel Shop (essentially a sandwich shop) for three years, part-time (9th through 11th) </p>

<p>Plan to major in Anthropology and minor in East Asian studies (focus in Japanese language)</p>

<p>I left out all EC that aren’t as significant (I.E focused on leadership roles; I suppose I‘ll include them on my application)</p>

<p>I know that I’m not especially strong as a candidate right now, but I’m hoping that with a 2150 SAT and solid grades in my APS next year I’ll have a chance. My essays/EC will most likely be my strong point. It’s definitely my character/effort put into explaining passion for literature/asian culture that’ll be beneficial. </p>

<p>Reach:
NYU
Vassar</p>

<p>Reach (match if SATs rise):
Bryn Mawr </p>

<p>Match:
Smith (I think?)</p>

<p>Safety:
UMASS- Amherst </p>

<p>If anyone has any other suggestions, they’d be greatly appreciated. I kind of half-assed this post, but only because my mother’s screaming at me to clean my room. Sorry for being so bland! Also, I sliced open my middle finger with a staple; as result, I’m not able to type proficiently.</p>

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<p>in my opinion, bryn mawr is a match and vassar is a reach that's very.. reachable.</p>

<p>i think your chances are pretty good. i got into both vassar and bryn mawr with similiar stats. your ecs seem good to me. my advice is to not get too intimidated by reading college confidential and seeing everyone's stats. when i applied to colleges, i thought i had my list separated into reaches, matches and safeties, but i ended up getting into everything. now i kind of wish i had applied to other schools that i didn't think i had a shot at- just to know, even if that would have meant rejection. </p>

<p>u might want to look at haverford college as a reach; it's right by bryn mawr and u can take classes at the other school if u want. </p>

<p>btw i live in nyc and i kno tons of ppl who applied to nyu. turns out that the school is very stingy with financial aid if that's any concern.</p>

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<p>Thank you for all your help! Actually I went and visited Haverford with a friend who's considering applying there; I'd all ready toured Bryn Mawr (which I loved), and I found Haverford to be very pretty and similar. Right now I still haven't decided whether or not I'd rather go co-educational or single sex, but I guess I'll have to wait until I'm accepted to colleges.</p>

<p>Where'd you end up going?</p>

<p>Have a nice evening!</p>

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<p>it was a hard decision, especially since the financial aid packages were practically the same, but im going to bryn mawr in august :]</p>

<p>if u like nyc, barnard would also make a reasonable reach</p>

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<p>Good luck at Bryn Mawr! I'll check out Barnard, even though I've heard it's pretty cut-throat (the environment there). Perhaps I'll even be your classmate in a year (well, slightly over a year).</p>