please chance me for bowdoin!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I've applied ED to Bowdoin College and I should get notified in a couple weeks, but I'm just getting so anxious. Please tell me if you think I have a shot!</p>

<p>General Info:
-Female
-Caucasian
-CT resident
-Private Catholic girls-only high school (Lauralton Hall in Milford CT)
-100.4 weighted GPA (out of 100)
-SAT Score: 2260 (Reading:780, Writing:790, Math:690)
-Good essay, supplement, teacher recs
-Good extra curriculars (especially environmental club, also community service and soccer for 4 years)</p>

<p>Resume:</p>

<p>Environmental Club (9, Secretary 10 and 11, President 12)
- Organized many events and programs, such as Trash Free Lunch Weeks, Environmental Fashion Shows, recycled jewelry raffles, field trips to Smart Living Center and Garbage Museum, Environmental Gift Store for students, hosted guest environmentalists
- Featured in numerous local magazine and newspaper articles
- Responsible for bottle and paper bins throughout school; displays throughout the school to raise awareness
- Adopted endangered animals & contributed to numerous causes including the Humane Society and Pet Protectors </p>

<p>Other Clubs
- French Club (10, 11, 12)
o Helped with the French Club display case
o Involved in organizing French Club games, projects, etc.
- Peer Tutors (11, 12)
o Tutored in French and Algebra II/Trigonometry
Sports
- Soccer (9, 10, 11, 12)
o JV Captain 10
o SWC runner-up 11, went to states tournament
Community Service
- Saint Thomas Aquinas Senior Youth Group (9, 10, 11, 12)
o Relay for Life
o Holiday food and clothing drives
o Prepared and served meals at the Thomas Merton House
o Helped organize Junior Youth Group activities
- Operation Hope (10, 11, 12)
o Prepared meals for food pantry
- Mercy Learning Center (10, 11)
o Helped take care of babies and toddlers while their mothers took English classes
- Lauralton Volunteering
o As a Sophomore Service Project, worked with underprivileged middle school-aged girls at Lauralton Summer Academy (10)
o Volunteer at Christmas in the Mansion (9, 10, 11)
o “Shadow” Hostess (9, 10)</p>

<p>Work Experience
- Sunny Daes Ice Cream (March 2010-)
- Child Care
o Babysitter since middle school
o Ran soccer camp for elementary school girls (9, 10)
- Fitzpatrick, Fray, and Bologna LLC (Summer 2009)
o Assisted secretary with answering phones and filing</p>

<p>Awards/Certificates
- Frances Warde Service Award for 100 hours of Community Service (10, 11)
- High Honors (9, 10, 11, 12)
- National Merit Commended Scholar
- Excellence in the Study of English Language and Literature (9, 10)
- Excellence in the Study of French (9, 10, 11)
- Excellence in the Study of Math (9)
- Excellence in the Study of History (9)
- Excellence in the Study of Science (9, 10)
- Citizenship Award for Environmental Club (10, 11)
- The Frederick Douglas and Susan B. Anthony Award for Humanities and Social Science (11)
- Harvard Book Award (11)
- National French Honor Society (10, 11, 12)
o Helped with NFHS-sponsored International Dinners and new member inductions
- National Honor Society (11, 12)
o Involved with numerous food and clothing drives, school activities, and fundraisers</p>

<p>NOT a legacy/athlete</p>

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<p>White female from CT will make things more difficult, but you’re definitely a qualified and competitive applicant.
2260 doesnt look as good with a 690 math, but still a competitive score.
Overall, I’d say if you don’t get accepted, it will be a fit issue (not saying you are not a fit) over a ‘we needed to see more EC’s or more academic commitment’.
Good Luck!</p>

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<p>^I’ll agree. You’re a pretty competitive candidate, but your 690 won’t go unnoticed.
Also, have to written the SAT Subject Tests? What scores did you receive? They do factor in.
Bowdoin is a very selective college. Its made a name for it, but you do have a fair chance. Best of luck!
Could you chance me back, please? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1043767-chance-me-pl0x.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1043767-chance-me-pl0x.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I know the math score isn’t great; for some reason I just had a hard time with SAT math. I did send my first quarter grades, though, which included a 96 in AP Calculus AB, so maybe that will help make up for it? I’ve also had pretty consistent As for final grades in the math courses I’ve taken, so they’ll see those on my transcript.
I didn’t like my SAT II scores, and since Bowdoin is SAT optional anyway I figured I shouldn’t send them.
As for being a White Female from CT, I know that’s basically the exact demographic they’re trying to avoid admitting too many of haha…
Thanks so much for chancing me!</p>

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<p>Whoops, I forgot to put the classes i’m taking. I’ll also put my first quarter grades.
AP Calculus-96
AP Bio-97
AP Lit-94
AP French-95
Honors Global Studies-92
Catholic Writers-99
All the classes I’ve taken in the past four years (except religion, which doesn’t have levels) have been honors and two APs last year. I’ve never gotten anything lower than a 92 for a final grade. Still, I’m sure everyone else applying to Bowdoin will have great grades…</p>

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<p>I think you’ll get in. High Match.
By the way, when you want to get chanced back put a link on the post. All you have to do is copy and paste. So you would copy and paste this [noparse]<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1044035-please-chance-me-bowdoin.html[/noparse]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1044035-please-chance-me-bowdoin.html[/noparse]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>what were your AP scores?</p>

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<p>Thanks Polyosophy-- I just joined this and I had no idea how to do that haha. </p>

<p>For the APs I took last year, I got a 5 on English Comp and a 4 on APUSH.</p>

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<p>I agree with Polyosophy on this one. Sure, your SAT math isn’t jaw-dropping good (lol mine isn’t either), and you’re technically “geographically disadvantaged,” but I think Bowdoin is a high match. You seem really competitive, plus with applying ED, you have a good shot at getting in. Low reach at worst imo. Thanks for chancing :slight_smile: Good luck, let us know what happens!!</p>

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<p>i got in!!!</p>