<p>I zapped my app off a few days ago. Do I stand a chance?</p>
<p>School Type: public, large (3,800)
Location: Southern California
Race/Gender: Female, Caucasian
Prospective Major: Spanish Language and Lit./Pre-law
Unweighted GPA: 3.88
Weighted GPA: 4.7
Class rank: 17/715</p>
<p>SATs- 2050 - 690 M // 660 V // 700 W (12 essay)
SAT IIs- 720 Spanish (w/o listening) // 670 Lit</p>
<p>The rest:
Full-IB student
California Scholarship Federation (4 years)
Speech and Debate (4 years; 2 years MVP, Best Individual Event, Competitor at National level)
Fencing (10 years experience, 2 weapons; 3x Junior Olympics)
School Board Rep, PTSA Rep, School Site Rep for Student Council
Organizer/Founder of Multiculturalism Month
London Academy of Musical and Dramatic Arts Diploma
Volunteer at CSUSM Barahona Center in Children's Spanish Lit. (100+ hours)
Volunteer at hospital as candy striper//leadership <a href="500%20hours%20by%20application%20time">President</a></p>
<p>If yea, could I even be sort-of-kind-of-just-a-little-bit considered for a Stride? I'd give my first adopted child for it, but then I'd feel like crap.
If [hell] nay, then where?</p>
<p>[x-posted NWern/'Ford/Cal/Vassar- but I <3 Smith best :)]</p>
<p>I dislike making flat declarative statements but I think you're in to Smith without even a question. As with my D, it's actually leaning towards Safetyish for you. In fact, I think it <em>is</em> a Safety, no lean at all.</p>
<p>As for STRIDE, I don't know. I'd be happier with your chances if you SAT's were 100-150 points higher, plus another 50 on the II's. But while I have some idea of where the "top" of STRIDE is, I don't have as refined a sense of where the bottom is. I know they offer around 40 or so a year and about 25-30 accept. STRIDEs are generally in top couple of percent of Smith's applicant pool and wind up being about the percents 2-6 of the entering class, the top 1 percent or nearly so being the Zollman's.</p>
<p>You can break it down as:</p>
<p>Zollman = they think they might lose you to a HYPSM or other IVY</p>
<p>STRIDE = they think they might lose you to Amhers/Wellesley/likethathere.</p>
<p>High odds of admission, with a good shot at Stride. It all depends on how they weight different parts of the profile.</p>
<p>My D got in/accepted Stride with a roughly similar profile. SATs higher (low-mid 700s in each area), but lower class rank (20th percentile), and similar #/caliber of ECs. Also similar type/size HS, except AP instead of IB.</p>
<p>No offense, but its irresponsible to make statements regarding the probability of receiving the Stride when you have no idea if shell get one. Why would you get someones hopes up only to be let down in the final analysis? I know numerous students with better stats who werent offered a Stride.
I'm sure you were only trying to encourage Greenhill and your intentions were good, so no big deal :)</p>