Please give me a chance?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Oberlin College
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<p>GPA UW 3.3, W 3.6
Class rank 55/140
Private all-boy school in Ohio, average ACT of students in the school is 26</p>

<p>SAT:2010 (700M,670R,640W)
ACT:33 (29E,34M,34R,36S,10Essay)</p>

<p>Honors courses include:
AP Latin
AP Physics C
AP Calculus AB
AP Chemistry
AP US History
Ap Enlgish
PSEO Calculus II
PSEO Calculus III</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Piano Lessons - 3 years
Mens Chorus- 4 years
Dance Lessons- 2 years
4 Musicals
Fencing- 4 years, Team Captain</p>

<p>Jobs
Wendys
Little Caesers
and about 400 hours of work study to pay for school</p>

<p>About 100 hours of volunteer work including Tutoring and helping clean up the area around a local Church</p>

<p>Awards:
National Latin Honors Student
Honors Student
National Merit Commended
AP Scholar
Buckeye Boys State Delegate</p>

<p>Oberlin is my number one choice for college, and I really hope to be part of the class for 2014.</p>

<p>Thanks for the input.</p>

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<p>Honestly, you could have the most stellar grades ever and not get in. You could have taken the most AP classes available and not get in. You could be number 1 in a class size of 300 and not get in. Make sure your essays are epic. Show them why YOU would be an asset to Oberlin. They look for kids who want to change the world. Kids who are consistently going to protests or educating others about composting their trash. Stop worrying about your “chance.”</p>

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<p>lol, I get that part. The level of activity and involement of the Oberlin community is what most impresses me about the campus.</p>

<p>The reason I (and the rest of the chance askers) ask is due to waiting anxiety…It’s a long wait till late March :)</p>

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<p>Rainbows, I think you missed the point of chance threads…</p>

<p>And to the OP, I think that you have a decent chance, but your Ranks and GPA sound a bit low, while your ECs and ACT are great. Also, seeing that you are a dancing musical kid, it sounds like you will fit at Oberlin. :)</p>

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<p>Your GPA & rank are slightly lower than average. However, it appears that you go to a challenging school, and the college will take into consideration that the curriculum is more rigorous at your high school. Your scores and ECs seem great. I would say you are a very likely admit. You sound like a great fit for Oberlin. Best of luck!</p>

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<p>That he’s from Ohio might actually help him, in a reverse sort of way. There are so few students at Oberlin from Ohio that anyone applying from the Buckeye state might bring diversity! :slight_smile: </p>

<p>I wonder which state in the USA has the most students at Oberlin. Perhaps it is Ohio, although I expected the numbers to be higher. I heard it was only about 9%.</p>

<p>Anyone know the numbers for each state, or at least know the top five or six most represented?</p>

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<p>You can find it in their institutional research dept. pages, I’m sure, they have a lot of good information there.</p>

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<p>For what it’s worth, our Common Data Set says geography is not a factor in admissions. I don’t think native Ohioans are scarce at Oberlin. They make up 3% of the U.S. population and 9% of our student body, so if anything, they’re over-represented.</p>

<p>I can’t find the data online at the moment, but I remember hearing at orientation that California was #1 and New York was #2… not too surprising.</p>