Hi guys! I just finished my apps and I was wondering if you could chance me for my schools.
Vassar
Brown
Yale
Wesleyan
Bowdoin
Bard
Macaulay Honors(if any of you are familiar
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Objective:
SAT: 1960 CR: 670 M: 630 W: 660
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/231
AP (US History 4, World History 5, English Literature 5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Language and Comp., AP Spanish Language and Culture, AP Chemistry. AP Psychology, Jr. Achievement Economics
Extracurriculars: Student Government President (11th and 12th), National Honor Society President (11th and 12th), Editor-in-Chief of School Newspaper, Founder of Gay-Straight-Alliance, Member of Groundworks Environmental Restoration Group 2014-present . Sarah Lawrence Writing Workshop 2013-present
Awards: 1st place winner of Essay competition (2014), 1st place winner of Drug Essay Competition, America’s Library of Poetry Winner (2012,2013) Harvard Book Award (2014)
Essays:
Common app I wrote about how I started a GSA for one of my friends who was gay and how the student body sort of oppressed him and made him into someone he wasn’t but the GSA helped him come out of his shell and helped me find my voice as well . Supplement essays are fairly good.
Teacher Recommendation: I haven’t seen them but I have been assured they are excellent
Other
State New York
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Male
You do have a very solid CV, that said your SAT is going to hurt you at Brown and Yale (especially at a Yale) I think you have very good chances at the remaining schools. In regards to Brown and Yale, you will have to make a very compelling statement on why you belong at these schools. My youngest is at Yale, URM, and she had a SAT at bit under 2200 and she just made it through, being deferred once…best of luck to you.
Your SATs also wont help you at Bowdoin, Wesleyan, and Vassar, as all three are great schools and extremely difficult to get into like the ivies. I know some kids with scores in the 2200s with excellent grades and extracurricular activities who got denied from the three schools. But that said the whole college application process is a crap-shoot so you never know. Good luck!
That’s a terrific list and you have a good shot at all of them, even with your SATs. Your ECs are excellent. Where would you be happiest is the question. Did you get a chance to visit them all before you applied? Did you discover the Common Data Sets yet? Lots of details there to give you a snapshot of a school’s culture, like the degree of ethnic diversity on campus, percentage public vs. private school kids and other facts. Good luck!
Sorry, to say you have a good shot, while encouraging, is not reflective of what present numbers say on the potential for admission. See, http://oir.yale.edu/sites/default/files/Yale-College-By-the-Numbers.pdf. I think the young man is seeking information that is both candid and data driven.
