I do not know GPA/Rank because my school does not give it out, but i have been on the High Honor Roll, which translates to an average of an A+.
Classes: I’ve taken all the APs my school allows- all other classes have been honors or electives in my senior year. (electives include all Shakespeare classes up to highest level, art, current events, and english classes)
-AP French
-AP Bio
-AP Calc BC
-APUSH (4)
-AP English Lang (4)
-AP World History (5)
-AP US Government
Additional Info
-White female
-tennis instructor for 3 years
-won tennis championships for high school league 2x
-summer volunteer at Children’s Hospital
-President of Model UN club
-President of National Honor Society
-interested in Biology/ Neuroscience
-loves art history and political science
member of Student Judicial Review Committee (my school has an honor code that we take very seriously and I am one of 7 other students who decided what t do when someone breaks the honor code)
Schools I have on my list now:
SUNY at Buffalo (local state school)
Colby
Colgate University
Cornell
Hamilton
Haverford
Holy Cross
Middlebury
University of Notre Dame
URichmond
URochester
Let me know if you have any suggestions that I should add to my list!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP!!!
How much can you/your parents afford? How important is receiving a merit-based scholarship, or a need-based scholarship?
What are your preferences with regard to size of school (I’m guessing from your list that you prefer to avoid very large schools)? Urban vs. suburban vs. rural environment?
Without knowing any of the answers to the questions that I posed, here are some additional suggestions:
St. Lawrence University
Lafayette College
Dickinson College
Davidson College
Cornell and Notre Dame are too much of a reach. I would pull those out. Add Villanova and/or BC.
Richmond, Rochester, Colby and Holy Cross look good.
Colgate, Middlebury, Hamilton and Haverford are reaches. Middlebury is the least likely. Maybe pull one or two of these and add Lafayette, Connecticut College or Gettsyburg.
Your list is a good mix of safeties, match schools and reaches. But if you are not sure if you like your safeties (SUNY and Rochester), then perhaps add a safety you like better. Trinity? Hobart? St Lawrence?
@wisteria100 I agree that you need to recheck URoc’s stats and/or your definition of a safety. They have roughly a 35% acceptance rate and the OP’s test stats are just in their mid-range. That makes them a match at best by most folk’s standards - and a low reach for some due to their acceptance rate.
By comparison the OP’s stats for SUNY Buffalo are in their top 25% and the acceptance rate is closer to 60%. HUGE difference.
Add Kenyon and Wesleyan, especially Kenyon since your writing score is so high. I heard Kenyon and Hamilton like strong writers, Wesleyan just seems like a really good well-rounded school, but i think it would be another reach.
Kenyon lacks a few programs, notably geosciences and conventional computer science, which might indicate they are not as strong in science as some of their peers. There is also some disparity between the CR and math scores of the student body on a statistical basis, with the average CR score being higher. These factors can be compared to your other choices.
Lafayette, Lehigh, maybe Bucknell perhaps, as a sciency-female. Gettysburg another good recommendation.
Agree ND can come off, a 31 not competitive there. Conn Coll has more women than men, so I would look for other LACs where the ratio is less tilted. St Lawrence would be a good addition.
@QuadiNorth True, many LACs have higher proportion of women than men, so, if the applicant is female, then target choices where she may be more sought after applicant. A woman applying to Sarah Lawrence or Vassar has a lower rate of acceptance than a male but, I’m guessing, the opposite is true at Rose Hulman. So for the OP who is trying to refine her list, it makes sense to use that information strategically. Another female applicant at Kenyon is not a good strategic choice, at St Lawrence, where the percentages are more balanced, it hurts the female applicant less.
@midwesrmomofboys is correct about Conn College. It is more than 60% female, so higher than avg, probably due to its heritage as an all women’s college.
True about Conn College but the acceptance rate for women is higher at 40% than men at 34% and this candidate is above average. I see the chance of rejection as rather low.
You should still apply. Let the college reject you, don’t reject yourself and then wonder if you could’ve gotten in if you applied. If you love the college, apply.