<p>If you post your stats, please be sure to chance others before you, or else this thread will just be a gallery of everyone's stats.</p>
<p>OniLawliet, I think Whitman is a reach for you, but you seem to be a student with plenty of passions, so I think it comes down to what the other applicants and students are like. Good luck!</p>
<p>Hello, I am reviving this thread. </p>
<p>I really want to go to Whitman, but my family’s income is high enough that I probably won’t get any need-based aid. Please chance me for scholarships! It’s the only way I can attend a private school.</p>
<p>Academics
~SAT/ACT: 31 ACT
~GPA: 3.83 UW, 4.14 W
~Rank: top 5%
~Classes: 10th - 3 APs, 11th - 4 APs, 12th - 4 APs.
~Additional Info: Medium-sized public school in Oregon.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Local, prestigious orchestra: Violin I
Violin: accepted into the All-Northwest Orchestra as a Violin I
Church youth group leader
National Honor Society: President
Model UN: Secretary
Africa charity club: VP, raised over $20,000 for a village to get clean water
Summer internship at Intel programming software.</p>
<p>Recs:
- Sophomore lit teacher. He doesn’t write very good recs, but he can add a lot of insight towards my classroom performance. I think I shined in his class, and he definitely likes me.
- Junior social studies teacher that I’ve done independent work with. She knows me very well and I’ve heard that she writes really good recs.</p>
<p>Essays:
A quirky essay about spontaneously performing music in the streets once. I enjoyed writing this, and I think it displays my personality really well.</p>
<p>Supplement: Not as strong. Wrote about not letting the stereotype “asian” culture create my future as well as learning how to integrate East and West philosophy together to determine my own. Not worded exactly how I like it, but I still have some time. </p>
<p>Interview: Will have one soon. First interview, so I’m a little worried. </p>
<p>Additional Info/Comments: Accepted into Whitman’s Diversity Weekend.</p>
<p>Convey your enthusiasm and be honest about your need. Ask about music scholarships. You should also probably consider the option of external scholarships to help fill any gap. There are multiple ways to get the funding you need if you really want to make this happen. You sound like a good fit for Whitman; they will want to know about your view of how you fit and what your reasons are for wanting to be there rather than somewhere else. good luck!</p>
<p>Unlike many others who ask to be “chanced”, I like the detail you have provided. You seem organized, thoughtful, and aware. I strongly agree with Mmaah about communicating how you might “fit” into Whitman’s academic community. I also think it is important to communicate to Whitman that it is your first choice if, in fact, it is. Given that you aren’t applying ED because of FA concerns, it would be difficult for them to know this unless you tell them. Top colleges care very much about yield, and it is probably even more of an issue if a college chooses to award you a merit based scholarship.</p>
<p>Hope this helps. As a final comment, I think you should think long and hard about what to write when you are asked to list the other colleges you are applying to. While I think being very honest is important in the admissions process, this question is troubling. There are numerous threads about this on other college blogs (I seem to recall a rather long one on Carleton’s page), but the overwhelming view by those posting is to leave it blank. </p>
<p>From what I see, you look academically strong and have a very interesting record. Good luck.</p>
<p>forgottenmuch987, have you looked into auditioning for a Campbell or Higley music scholarship here at Whitman? The Campbell scholarship, which goes up to $2000, is for non-majors and the Higley is for music majors and goes up to $7000. I would really encourage you to audition if you think you have chance,
Here’s the site:
[Whitman</a> College Music Department - Scholarships](<a href=“http://www.whitman.edu/whitman/index.cfm?objectId=1AD31B3C-A6D4-DA7C-01833EFF07D33455]Whitman”>http://www.whitman.edu/whitman/index.cfm?objectId=1AD31B3C-A6D4-DA7C-01833EFF07D33455)</p>
<p>I’m applying to Whitman ED, and am only applying to Whitman. If i get bad news in December, I’ll have all Christmas to apply elsewhere.
I’m also from Alabama, so even if i am a white female i suppose i am a geographic minority. </p>
<p>My SAT was a 1950
I took the ACT twice and got a 30 both times, but I heard somewhere that whitman super scores. Not sure about that, but it’d be great if they did. My best scores in each subject were a 33 in english, 27 in math, 36 in reading, 28 in science, and 32 in writing.
4 AP’s and all of our classes are technically taught at honors level. I’ll also graduate with five maths and five sciences.
My unweighted GPA is a 3.84, weighted is 4.27</p>
<p>Extracurricular wise
NHS
Mu Alpha Theta (math honors society)
Mentoring program
Teach inner city children creative writing
school representative (I think every school has a different name for this job, we usher at school and public events, give tours)
Student Government Representative
I was on the student committee that organized the first green event in my city
I have volunteered for four hours every sunday at my local library since junior year.
I have worked at my church’s vacation bible school for six years, even though i’m athiest
I’m in a weekly drum circle</p>
<p>Extra Info: I go to a magnet arts high school, where we have class until 4:30 so we can have three hours of specialty focus periods a day. My focus is creative writing so I feel pretty confident in my essays, and I’m also sending in a creative writing supplement.</p>
<p>You look like a good fit for Whitman to me. And your scores are definitely within their range so combined with the demonsrated interest of applying ED I’d guess your chances are good. They definitely look at the “whole picture” and are less focused on stats and more attentive to the ways a student will thrive and contribute in the Whitman community. Good luck.</p>
<p>Prickleberry, You sound like a good fit, and a fairly likely admit.</p>
<p>That said: PLEASE don’t wait until Christmas vacation to do other apps. unless you know that your second choice has a late deadline or is your state school with a rolling deadline and you don’t need merit scholarships. Your high school will be backlogged with applications around the first of January and won’t have time to do as good a job.</p>
<p>I agree that it is good advice to pick out your alternative schools and do some work on the applications. If you don’t get the outcome you want, you will at least have the groundwork for getting the others done and in. It is hard when kids are disappointed to jump right in to doing their best work (and it is your vacation after all!) Besides, it is a good way to use up the anxious waiting time until Dec. 20…</p>