Please chance Bowdoin ED II

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<p>I love Bowdoin and was hoping some of you kinds CC’ers would chance me.
Here are my stats:
White male from New Jersey.
Go to highly nationally ranked prep school in central NJ.</p>

<p>My school doesn’t weight GPA or rank, but I’d be top 10% for sure.</p>

<p>UWGPA including freshman year: 3.73.
UWGPA excluding freshman year: 3.95(came from an abysmal public middle school and was disinterested with school and everything; quickly wised up).
AP scores: 5 AP US, 4 AP Eng Lang.</p>

<p>SAT (super)score: 2260(two tests); 790 Math, 760 CR, 710 Writing.(submitting)
33 ACT: 35 eng, 34 math, 34 reading, 30 science.(not submitting)
SAT II scores: 800 Math II, 800 US History.(submitting)</p>

<p>ECs:
100+ miscellaneous comm service hours(explanation below)
100 hours volunteering at an old folks home helping out.(11)
15 random hours at school comm service days.
20ish for an ESL program(10, 11, 12) at my school, but not nearly all of my hours for this have been recorded. the teacher who runs the program is arbitrary with his recording. in reality, I have done this for either one hour or two a week during my lunch since sophomore year, tutoring our english-deficient janitors the language.
Newspaper writer freshman year, section editor since sophomore year.
Began training last summer in Muay Thai, 6 hrs a week.
Sports/Current Events editor(switched to CE after soph year.) 10, 11, 12
Int. Politics Club- writer for daily web publication and head web technician.
Vice-President/Co-reviver of Country Music Club.
Varsity Baseball since freshman year.
Varsity soccer since sophomore year(had to quit though midway through junior year because of a knee injury).
Between Freshman and Sophomore year, my Babe Ruth all star team won state championship. I was named to all district team.
For Senior year: chosen as a community prefect(mentor to freshman), orientation advisor, and chosen to Gold Key, which is a group of 10 rising seniors who are exemplary. Obligated to give a tour a week and usher many school functions.</p>

<p>this summer, I also did a 1 week internship with a local family friend who has his own law firm. In addition, I was the assistant coach on his 11 year old son’s all-star little league team.</p>

<p>and in terms of work experience, my freshman year i was an umpire for the local little league from march through august. my sophomore year, i worked in the kitchen of the local ancient order of hibernians scrubbing pots and pans during banquets. during the summer after my sophomore year and junior year, i tutored local kids in mathematics.</p>

<p>Essays: very good.
Recommendations: excellent.
senior year schedule (with first trimester grades in parentheses):
AP Calculus BC(A-)
AP European History(A-)
AP U.S. Government and Politics(A)
Spanish IV(A-)
Inorganic and Physical Chemistry(A)
English 12(A)</p>

<p>Thank you to those who reply.</p>

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<p>I would say your chances are good. Could you answer a question of mine? I notice your reading scores on both the ACT and SAT, but your AP english score is only a 4. Why is this? Was it the writing part that got your or what? I only ask because I have noticed many from the northeast region with out of the box test scores, but 4s on equivalent subjects and am trying to figure an explanation for such a trend.</p>

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<p>I’d say that my reason is a bit anomalous, but may also reflect on a larger pattern. My school does not offer AP English Lit or Lang (because the department feels that our program is so strong that it is unnecessary), but it does let you take the test for colleges if you are particularly strong in English. Thus, I had no formal preparation for the exam other than the rigor of my school’s classes.
On another note, this being the one that may more broadly apply to the trend you notice, I undoubtedly prepared way more for the SAT/ ACT than for the AP. Truth be told, I didn’t prepare for the AP (as stated, formally) at all. However, I did much self-preparation for the SAT and ACT. Maybe students from the NE place a greater emphasis on SAT and ACT than on AP scores? Just speculation. Anyway, thank you for responding to my post!</p>

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<p>I see. Thanks for your reply. Also I have suggestion, as I do not see why you are not sending your ACT. The scores are strong, I submitted both my ACTS, which were both 30s, and made it. However, it may have been my AP scores that covered the difference. A 33 is above Bows average, so would it not be a good idea to send the score?</p>