Hi all - thanks for taking the time to read it. I will not be submitting my test scores to these schools and want to see how I stack up against other applicants. Is it even possible to chance me without a standardized test score? Oh well, heres my info anyway!
Senior in CA
UW GPA: 3.8
Weighted GPA: 4.23
I am number 18 in my class out of 503. I would say my HS is a pretty average, maybe slightly above average public HS in the city
10th academic classes - English honors (A both), Spanish honors (A both), Algebra 2 honors (B both), Modern world honors (A both), Chemistry (A 1st sem, B 2nd)
11th academic classes - Precalc honors (B 1st sem, A 2nd) AP stats (A both), APUSH (A both, 5 on AP exam), physics (B both), English (A both)
12 academic classes - American democ honors (expecting A 1st sem.) AP Econ (taking both macro and micro 2nd sem.), AP calc (expecting a B), ap lit (expecting A), environmental science (expecting A), psychology (expecting A)
Editor in chief of newspaper, President of a debate club, member of an anti bullying club, have been playing piano for 11 years, on varsity sports team for 3 years, have about 160 hours of volunteer work at hospital and senior center
Letters of rec: One letter of rec that I can honestly say is going to be stellar.
Essays: I’d say I am a good writer, so they’re going to be as perfect as possible. I am going to get people to read & go over them with me as well.
I would say below average chance for Bowdoin and Wesleyan. These are small schools that get a fair amount of California applications. If you are female, Bowdoin and Wesleyan have lower acceptance rates for females. Colby has the reverse.
Colby is not test optional but has a 30% female acceptance rate. If your test scores are in the middle 50% for Colby its worth a shot. Colby is very easy to apply to. No fee and no extra writing.
Connecticut College migh be a very smart test optional choice. Holy Cross too.
You could try Bates which is Test Optional but the acceptance rate in regular decision last year was 17% and females probably below 15%.
@TurnerT I have a 1910. Should I apply to Colby? Also, my test scores are above the 25th percentile for wake forest, do you think I should send my scores or not? Thank you so much!
Let’s look at some numbers, Bowdoin accepted 524 female applicants last year. Of which at least 125 are athletes, international, legacy and URM applicants. That leaves 399 spots not accounting for geographical selection. Small schools like to have a student from every state if possible, so based on Bowdoin’s yield about another 100 will not come from California.
thanks