Midd Material?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Middlebury College
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<p>So......what do you think? :)
Thank you!</p>

<p>--Basics--
School: Large Public (sends about 25 of 760 to prestigious colleges)
GPA: 3.8/4.7
Rank: official: 73/760, but I transferred schools, so my counselor will include an addendum with an adjusted, unofficial rank of 15/760 (i got screwed over when they tried to equate my freshman year grades)
IB Candidate</p>

<p>SAT: 2320(780M, 760CR, 780W)</p>

<p>SAT IIs:
US: 780
Bio M: 750
Math II: 730</p>

<p>APs:
US:5
Art History:4
French Language:3
Human Geo: 5
Environmental Science:4
English Language:5
Bio:5</p>

<p>--EC's-- (school year)
Club Div 1 soccer 4-12 (intense:lots of awards including state+regionals)
Varsity CC+Track 9-11
Varsity Debate 10-12 (school ranks #1 in country by NFL)
Young Dems 10-12 (President)
FNHS 10-12
Elected to Student Council 12 (only important b/c I transferred into a large school after freshman year, and I didn't know anybody at that time) I am also currently running for class VP
Co-founder of Non-Partisan Politics Umbrella Club (over young dems and repubs) 12
On city's Student Board of Directors of Fed Reserve Board 12</p>

<p>--EC's-- (summer)
Shumei International Institute (last summer+this summer)-volunteering
Assistant at a Psych practice (this summer)-volunteering</p>

<p>--Work--
Soccer field painter 8-10
Tutor 12
Congressional Campaign intern 12</p>

<p>--Non-athletic awards--
nothing special...
will be national merit semifinalist
national french contest awards
debate tournament awards</p>

<p>--Misc--
-I take the hardest classes possible: my junior year i took AP US History, AP Art History, AP French IV, AP Human Geo, Pre-AP Pre-Cal, AP English III, AP Bio, Honors Debate, and TOK. This year: Pre-AP Physics, AP Calc BC, AP Micro, AP French Lit, AP Comp Sci, AP English Lit, AP Gov, H Debate, and TOK.</p>

<p>Thanks again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know I have an oookay shot, but I don't know exactly how great... and I keep on worrying about my "official" class rank</p>

<p>...oh and I think only 2 people in the past 5 years have applied to Midd from my school, and they did not get in.</p>

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<p>anyone?...please?</p>

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<p>You look like a strong candidate. Your SATs are very good. Your official class rank is good but not great (but at least it puts you in the top 10%). Write great essays and get glowing recs and I think you have a decent shot. Good luck!</p>

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<p>There's not really anything more that someone could tell you that you don't already know yourself. Obviously, you have a good chance, but is not a slam dunk. A 1540 SAT is probably in the top 10% at Middlebury and a top 2% hs class rank is probably about average. However, whether they deem you a better a better candidate than someone with a 1390 SAT and top 1% of hs class with some other more interesting aspect in their application is an unquantifiable mystery that cannot even be attempted to be answered by anyone here.</p>

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<p>You seem to have a good chance of getting in, but at the same time remember that we are talking about Middlebury. Middlebury and all the other top liberal arts schools are very competitive and it is not uncommon for them to reject students ranked 1 in their class simply because they get so many apps for so few spots.</p>