May you please chance me for Smith and Bryn Mawr?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello! I'm a rising senior and have been researching potential schools. My top choice schools are Smith and Bryn Mawr Colleges. However, I'm still not able to gauge whether or not these 2 schools are out of my league.
Academics:
-Straight A's throughout all of high school, except for a B one quarter in my Algebra 2/Trigonometry class during junior year. I also had a B+ in my sophomore chemistry class.
-Junior year, I took 5 AP classes. These include...
+AP Environmental Science (3) I know, its a low score
+AP US History (4)
+AP Human Geography (4)
+AP Language and Composition (5)
+AP Russian (3)
+I also took Algebra 2/Trigonometry and Arabic
In Senior year, I will be taking
+AP Biology
+AP Lit
+AP Comparative Government
+AP European History
+I will also be taking Pre calculus and Philosophy
-My SAT score wasn't great - I got an 1860 and am not sure if I will be able to retake it. However, my GPA was a 4.5.</p>

<p>With regards to extracurricular, I was
+President of Russian Club
+President of Slavic Honor Society
+I'm a Sunday School Teacher
+Gold medal in the national Russian essay contest, nationally
+Gold medal internationally in the Russian Essay Contest, awarded by the Pushkin Institute in Moscow
+Silver medal in Olympiada of Spoken Russian in sophomore year
+Gold medal in Olympiada of Spoken Russian in junior year, judged best nonnative speaker in state
+Recipient of the National Security Language Initiative for Youth scholarship to study Persian in Tajikistan. It's a state department scholarship</p>

<p>I know this is quite a laundry list, but I'm afraid my SAT scores are going to ruin my chances. All feedback will be greatly appreciated, and once again, thank you!</p>

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<p>There’s no such class as AP Russian.</p>

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<p>Exactly! No Russian AP</p>

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<p>There may not be any AP Russian but perhaps the OP took a college-level Russian course somehow…</p>

<p>Smith: High match
Bryn Mawr: High match</p>

<p>You seem highly dedicated about Russian…</p>

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<p>I suggest picking a favorite between Smith and Bryn Mawr and applying ED. Smith accepted 56% ED last year and Bryn Mawr is much higher than that for its EDs (saw a statistic citing a 96% acceptance rate ED but that seems too high). Both these schools take a much lower percentage of students RD (ie both schools overall acceptance rates are less than 40%).</p>

<p>Also, 4/10 Bryn Mawr students have SATs in the 600s per test and you are in that range. The Smith SATs are a bit higher, but ED I do not think your SATs would be a deal breaker given your very good grades and challenging curriculum.</p>

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<p>Well, Smith’s test optional, so you don’t have to submit it. But I’m curious as to how you took AP Russian if there’s no such thing? Did you mean a college-level class or something?</p>

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<p>There is such thing as AP Russian made by ACTR I believe, instead of College Board.</p>

<p>It’s different in that it’s taken earlier (last year was May 1) and the exam was all online, including a phone interview. It might not be bona fide AP since it’s not made by college board, but it’s at an ap level nonetheless.</p>