Please chance me?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Colby College
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<p>Please chance me at Colby/any similar schools if you can. Thanks!</p>

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<li>SAT I : 2360 (CR:800, M:760, W:800)</li>
<li><p>SAT II: US History: 800, Bio-M:790, Literature: 740
Please chance me at Bates/any similar schools if you can. Thanks!</p></li>
<li><p>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.6; Weighted: ~4.2</p></li>
<li><p>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No class rank/percentile available.</p></li>
<li><p>AP Scores : US History (5), Psych (5), European History (5), Biology (5)</p></li>
<li><p>Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Macro, AP English, AP Latin, Physics, Calculus</p></li>
<li><p>Major Awards : National Merit Scholarship Finalist (pending... recieved 232 on PSAT), AP Scholar with Honor, Bank of America Student Leader (1 of 5 selected from PA out of over 100 applicants), National Honor Society</p></li>
<li><p>Extracurriculars:
Model UN, 9th-12th grade (10th: Secretary, 11th: VP, 12th: President)
Philosophy Club, 11th-12th (Founder and Co-President)
Mock Trial, 11th-12th (12th: VP)
Debate Team, 9th-12th (12th: Head of Public Forum Debate)
History Club, 10th-12th (11th & 12th: Secretary)
Science Fair, 10th-12th (1st Place in Behavioral Sciences at state competition past 2 years)
Latin Club: 9th-12th
Newspaper: 11th-12th
Photography: 9th-12th</p></li>
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<p>Ice hockey, JV 9th-10th, Varsity 11th-12th; awarded varsity letter in 11th</p>

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<li><p>Job/Work Experience:
Waiter at nursing home, summer 2010
Strategic Initiatives Intern at Philadelphia Youth Network (urban education organization; internship through BoA Student Leaders program), summer 2011</p></li>
<li><p>Volunteer/Community service:
Founded Operation: Addressing Homelessness, a non-profit that provides P.O. boxes to homeless residents of Philadelphia
Satell Fellowship for Leadership and Social Activism (year-long selective leadership/activism program including meeting with politicians, volunteer work, etc.)
Organized collection of used SAT books for free tutoring program in Philadelphia
~100 hrs at various (food bank, nursing home, etc.)</p></li>
<li><p>Summer Activities:
Genesis (summer academic program) at Brandeis University (2009)
Working in nursing home (2010)
BoA SL Program (internship & summit in DC) (2011)</p></li>
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<p>*Good essays and recommendations, in my opinion</p>

<p>Other
* State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
* School Type: Public, very competitive, suburban
* Ethnicity: White
* Gender: Male
*Income bracket: high
*Legacy at Princeton</p>

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<p>It would seem that you are well within the range of Colby students.</p>

<p>To all others who view this (and to gdj325), relax. Take a second to look at the stats of the typical Colby student. If you are within the range, or nearby in either direction, of SAT scores and GPA, in addition to believing that you are an interesting person who has somethings to contribute to the student body (and can communicate that to admissions folk), you should have a decent shot. No one person is a shoe in, nor is anyone an auto-reject. All you can ever get is a ballpark estimate. So relax, and please don’t post chance threads. Questions about any other aspect of Colby are more than welcome, but these threads do little but give false hope or pessimism. /rant</p>