My Chances

Colleges and Universities A-Z Mount Holyoke College
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<p>Hey, I am curious about my chances at Mt. Holyoke. Any opinions?</p>

<p>Attend a non-competitive Wyoming high school.</p>

<p>Have taken most difficult course load possible under the circumstances. (I've moved twice in high school and attended three vastly different schools with different requirements, sequences, course offerings, etc.)
APs: U.S. History (5), English
Dual Enrollment: Political science, psychology, Spanish, German</p>

<p>ACT Composite: 30
English: 34
Reading: 35
Math: 28
Science: 22
Essay: 11</p>

<p>Rank is 1/165 and GPA is 4.00 (school does not weight)</p>

<p>Activities
Assisted with ESL program for newly arrived immigrants (11)
Mock Trial (11), award at state championships, varsity letter
National Honor Society (11, 12)
Tutor a struggling fourth grader around two hours a week (12)
Theater/Drama: (9, 10, 12) Secretary of Drama Club (10)
Co-led 4-H club for elementary school age children (9, 10)
Teens Against Tobacco Use Club: (9, 10) Organized tobacco prevention events in elementary and middle schools.
Speech and Debate Team: (12)
Volleyball (10) Scholar Athlete
National Honor Roll
Principal's Honor Roll
Academic Letter
National Young Leaders Conference
Internship with local prosecutor (summer before senior year, 25 hours per week)
Taught lessons, cared for horses in exchange for use of a horse and showing privileges, and instruction: (7, 8, 9, 11, 10-20 Hours per week)
Box Girl: (summer before junior year, 25 hours per week)</p>

<p>Good (I think) essays
Marginal counselor rec (He doesn't know me well, little knowledge of grammar)
Good teacher recs.</p>

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<p>Anyone at all?</p>

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<p>Looks fairly good.</p>

<p>Did switching schools affect your EC's? If so, I hope you highlighted or explained it somewhere in your app. There's nothing I see with a 9-12 continuity and it's hard to divine any passion...though if I had to guess, I'd say horses.</p>

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<p>Yes, I know I appear very fragmented. The lack of continuity has been addressed in my applications.</p>

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<p>You look like a shoo-in to me. First in your class in a high school in Wyoming? (Remember, the tests are optional at Mt. Holyoke, and yours are pretty good in any case.)</p>

<p>Will you go out for the equestrian team?</p>