Posse Scholarship Finalist for MIddlebury - Has someone been through this program?

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<p>I recently confirmed to attend a final interview for the Posse Foundation.</p>

<p>For those who don't know its a scholarship "contest" for inner city students to be sent to liberal arts colleges in more rural areas. </p>

<p>I was wondering if any finalists, or just Midd kids in general could give me any specialty that Midd looks in its admittances so that they can give me a heads up.</p>

<p>I slack with my SATs quite a bit, but as many people could say, I doubt that its anywhere near a reflection of a student's overall caliber. </p>

<p>High School Stats:</p>

<p>3.9 GPA weighted(96%) 3.6-3.7? unweighted(92%)
Class Rank 6/123 (small school, but quite competetive)</p>

<p>SAT & SAT II:</p>

<p>CR: 600
M: 620
w: 590</p>

<p>(Have taken again and still awaiting results)</p>

<p>Bio M: 680
French: 690
USH: 690</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Varsity Soccer - 3 years
Model UN Captain: 3 years
Bronx Student Advisory Committee(Vice President): 2
Chancellor's Student Advisory Committee: 2
Operation Breaking Stereotypes: 3 </p>

<p>Approximatly 95 hours of community service in various stuff including:
Homework help
Tutoring
School Library assistance
help at nursing home</p>

<p>and</p>

<p>help at the St. Anne's church in the south bronx</p>

<p>If anyone has any feedback on the finalist interview for Posse, or just as my stats compare to that of average Midd kids it would be greatly appreciated.</p>

<p>I really hope I'm not too far off, considering Middlebury's apparent prestige. </p>

<p>But I know, stats or no stats, that Middlebury is a right choice for me. The school's overall aura is completely proportional to what I liked about High School.</p>

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<p>Hi Freddy,</p>

<p>I think you have a great chance. You may not know this – but Midd certainly does – but grades far more than SAT scores are an indication of how well one will do in college. SAT scores are a much better predictor of what sort of high school you attended and the socioeconomic make-up of that school. I think Midd will look at your application and see someone who has taken advantage of all the opportunities available to him.</p>

<p>I applied to and got into Middlebury two years ago, but ultimately chose Princeton. If you don’t receive the Posse scholarship or don’t end up at Midd, you should check out Princeton. We have need-blind admissions, full financial aid for qualifying students (and many do), and a phenomenal academic program.</p>

<p>Please feel free to PM me with any questions about Princeton.</p>

<p>-CB</p>

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<p>PFffft, Princeton! Who’s ever even heard of that place? Is that a two year school?</p>

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<p>thank you for your support
… and trust me I’ve heard of Princeton… um… that’s a no no lol,
that’s is literally one of the top IV league schools, being realistic, stats or not stats i doubt I’m qualified for Prince…</p>

<p>Middlebury College is my best shot to get a high quality education through this program. I’d take that over any IV league school.</p>

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<p>Freddy, I hope you know I was kidding about Princeton. I attended an Ivy for grad school. Just to be sure you’re aware, it’s “Ivy league”, not “IV league”. The name comes from the ivy that grows on the exterior walls of many of the campus buildings at such schools. </p>

<p>P.S. there’s plenty of ivy growing on the walls of Middlebury’s buildings too - and I think you will find a better undergrad education at the NESCAC schools (the Ivy League of LAC’s) than you would at an Ivy . . . but that’s just my opinion.</p>

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<p>Freddy,</p>

<p>You would be surprised. Princeton is very interested in increasing diversity and they definitely take into account that some students might come from less privileged backgrounds. I read about Posse a few weeks ago here ([College</a> students find support in campus ‘posses’ - Boston.com](<a href=“http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2009/11/14/college_students_find_support_in_campus_posses/?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Education+news]College”>http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2009/11/14/college_students_find_support_in_campus_posses/?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Education+news)) and am really interested in your story. With a 3.9 GPA and a high class rank, I think you would have just as good a shot at Princeton as you would at Middlebury if you are a racial minority.</p>

<p>And urbanslaughter is right, Middlebury definitely provides just as good an education as Princeton, especially in the Liberal Arts (probably not in engineering, though I don’t know much about that). Middlebury probably has better instruction in some areas like foreign languages and English and history too – I wouldn’t know for sure since unlike urbanslaughter I haven’t attended both schools. </p>

<p>Anyway, I love Princeton, I think you’d like it a lot, so again, PM me with any questions!</p>

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<p>Princeton is around $35,000 while Middlebury is $50,000. I don’t know how much that foundation will cover but although I am a big LAC fan, Middlebury’s price tag is a bit too big. Although of course, there’s financial aid. I personally would look at Princeton too. As ceebee said, diversity has increasingly become a powerful card in admissions</p>

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<p>Say what? Princeton’s cost of attendance is also over $50,000 a year.
[Princeton</a> University | Fees & Payment Options](<a href=“http://www.princeton.edu/admission/financialaid/cost/]Princeton”>http://www.princeton.edu/admission/financialaid/cost/)</p>

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<p>Oh oops; I completely forgot that Middlebury puts up their comprehensive fee on the US News site rather than their tuition fee like everyone else. Yeah; scratch my previous post…it’s the same…thanks sunmachine for correcting my dumb post :)</p>

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<p>Midds fee is a little more than 50K true… and if you think the semester flies by as a student, you don’t want to know how fast it flies when you’re handing over a little more than 25K every couple of months. But in having a son attend, there is something to be said for not having to worry about a meal plan. The food at Middlebury is really quite good AND you can pretty much eat as often as you want during the times the dining halls are open. Talking to friends about other schools and the options available to their kids, they do end up spending a lot more money on outside food options than our son has spent. Now, maybe in four years time he’ll be sick of the food and eat out more as the semesters go by, but as for now it’s not even in the expense column.</p>