Please chance for Barnard ED

College Search & Selection
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<p>Applying to Barnard ED next year. Am I a strong applicant?</p>

<p>Stats:
-Race: White
-Gender: Female
-High School-Public (very affluent, but barely sends any kids to Ivies)</p>

<p>Academic:
-SAT: 2030 (first time taking, fell asleep during test. Waiting for new scores, probably in 2150-2200 range)
-SATII-Haven't taken. Will take Math II and US History
-GPA-94.5 UW/97 W (3.8, this was due to medical probalems sophmore year. Junior year GPA is 3.95)
-Rank-1st Decile</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Athletic:
-Track&Field(Pole Vaulting, on track to get scholarship, got injured)-9,10
-Tennis-JV 9,10/V 11,12 (Captain) (probably league, conference award next yr)
-Black Belt Tae Kwon Do-8,9,10,11,12</p>

<p>Academic:
-Debate Team-JV 9/V-10,11,12 (Captain)
-Chinese Club(Treasurer, President)-11, 12
-State Chinese Speaking Competition
-School Lit Mag-published 9,10,11-
-Barnard Pre-College Program-10,11
-Girls State Career (Medicine)-11</p>

<p>Volunteer
-Assistent teacher Hebrew-2 years/2 hrs/wk
-Hebrew Tutor-for children with development problems/special needs-4 years 3 hrs/wk
-Volunteer trip-worked in New Orleans Head Start/Rebuilt house in 9th Ward
-Native American coat drive-collected coats for a reservation</p>

<p>Work:
-Counselor-10,11,12-counselor for children with behavioral/emotional problems.
-Instructor-Tae Kwon Do-10,11,12</p>

<p>Research
-will be published coauthor in peer reviewed med journal on child development
-research on infant development theory with famous psychologist
-research on nueroscience/ psysiology of body image</p>

<p>If you hadn't noticed by my EC's, my passion is for behavioral development/neuroscience! Want to do premed, maybe double major in East Asian or Middle Eastern Studies. </p>

<p>Courses:
Hardest Courseload available:
-5 AP's by senior year (schools limits)
-Senior Year Schedule: AP Lit, AP Stats, AP Bio, Psych 101 (college course), Sociology 101 (college course)
-6 years of foreign language (Chinese+Spanish)</p>

<p>Other:
-Diffiucult sophomore year-severe medical problems, was not in schooll 1/3 yr</p>

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<p>bump 10 char</p>

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<p>Your stats are in the range of the admitted students. With selective schools like Barnard I don’t think it’s possible to “chance” anyone - students who are qualified are rejected and others are admitted. A lot of it is building a diverse freshman class and it’s impossible to know who you are up against.</p>

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<p>Thanks so much, I understand. Additionally, I have legacy at Barnard. Would that have any impact on admissions? I will be interviewing with the head admissions officer.</p>

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<p>Being a legacy should help, I think. My D is at Wellesley (was not admitted to Barnard) and she knows several students there who are legacies. Of course, being a legacy in itself is not enough, but your stats are in the range. It also helps the admissions office know who is likely to accept an offer of admission.</p>

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<p>I would say you are a slight reach to a miss. Your scores are good, but nothing about your app particularly seems to stand out.</p>

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<p>Ok, thanks. I’ve tried to focus on research in the subject area that is of interest to me and relates to other of my EC’s. I’ve gotten two big internships and published a paper in a medical journal, and I thought that was unique. But I guess with all the AMAZING girls applying, thats less than stellar :/</p>

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<p>bump 10 char</p>

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<p>Just updating, I got a 2300 (800 CR, 800 W, 700 M) on the SAT’s, if that makes any difference. Barnard doesn’t look at them really, so it shouldn’t change much, right?</p>

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<p>bump 10 char</p>

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<p>It might not make a difference in terms of admission, but it could impact how much merit aid you might receive. Great job!</p>

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<p>I don’t think Barnard gives merit aid, because its affiliated with Columbia, an Ivy, and they don’t give merit aid. So the score won’t make me a stronger candidate in general?</p>

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<p>I really am not familiar enough with the Barnard process to know how the score will play. Have you tried asking on the Barnard board?</p>

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<p>No…I haven’t!</p>

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<p>Great idea, S&P. On a lot of the boards students who are admitted (or rejected or waitlisted) report their scores, gpas, ec’s, etc. It might be a good place to look to see the stats of students who are accepted and/or rejected. I’m always amazed by students who are rejected who have incredible scores/qualifications.</p>

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<p>I actualy looked at the board, and my SAT’s are much higher than most admitted student, my GPA is the same or a bit lower (my weakness),my classes are a bit easier, but my extracurriculars are generally more in depth. So I really don’t know what to make of everything.</p>

<p>I also have leagcy, but that doesn’t really help much.</p>

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<p>Well, I’m just an entering Barnard first year, but I would definitely say match. SAT etc. are great (though Barnard doesn’t care so much about them), GPA isn’t worrisome (I had a C and a few Bs…) and your extracurriculars seems strong. You definitely seem like a candidate who could be made or broken by a strong essay and application in general but I would still say match. Good luck!</p>