RD Chances at Oberlin?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Oberlin College
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<p>CHANCES</p>

<p>International student, female, applying RD, need a lot of fin aid</p>

<p>Stats
Freshman year GPA: 3.1
Sophomore year GPA: 3.0 … and then HUGE leap…</p>

<p>British O-level results: 8 A’s in all 8 subjects… (4.0, if converted to GPA)
Junior year GPA: 3.9
British AS-level results: Eco = A… Bio = A… Chem = B (3.67 if converted to GPA)
Senior year GPA (first semester): 4.0</p>

<p>Got lots of B’s and C’s in first two years of high school (class of 50 students). Old school offered only till O levels. </p>

<p>Changed schools to do A levels. New school has 290 students in my batch. Very competitive. Have mostly A’s in new school, except for a B in chemistry. Have toughest course load in class – 5 A level subjects</p>

<p>Class rank = 4/290 (top 1.4%)</p>

<p>SAT II
Lit - 670
Math I - 630
Math II - 550<br>
(retaking in dec)</p>

<p>ECAs:</p>

<p>MUSIC
* over 10 years of training in Indian classical music + Rabindrasangeet
* performed in school events
* sang on television twice
* won numerous awards outside school
* consecutively won the Certificate of Achievement in Music for 3 years in high school</p>

<p>DEBATE/ HOSTING:
* best speaker in semi finals in school debate in 9th grade
* runners up in finals in school debate – 9th grade
* participated in many interschool debates
* parliamentarian in winning team in EFA finals – 9th grade
* participated in 1st International Debate Workshop in Bangladesh 2004 – 11th grade
* parliamentarian in National Bangladesh Television English Debate championships in 2005
* nationally ranked as one of the top 5 debaters in Pre-worlds School Debate 2005
* general secretary of my school’s debating society
* was the emcee at numerous events held on national days outside school
* hosted the Edexcel International Conference in 2005</p>

<p>COMMUNITY SERVICE:
* raised funds for flood victims in 9th grade
* organized a fund raiser in neighborhood to collect money for the treatment of a child suffering from polio
* treasurer of school’s community service club – 11th and 12th grades
* raised funds in school wide food sale for a children’s ward in a local hospital – 12th grade </p>

<p>WRITING/OTHER CLUBS:
* contributed in school yearbooks – 9th and 10th grades
* essay got commended by the royal commonwealth society in 10th grade
* Associate Editor of school newsletter – 11th grade
* Editor-in-Chief of school newsletter – 12th grade
* member of Brine Pickles, a creative writer’s group
* recently was the youngest playwright to have a play staged at the British Council, Dhaka
* founded the first ever A level yearbook in my school (we have over 650 A level students in all the batches). Editor-in-chief of the yearbook.
* chief coordinator of the school’s reading club, which I founded
* completed a course in photography from the South Asian Institute of Photography in 12th grade</p>

<p>ACADEMIC/ NON ACADEMIC HONOURS
* won the Certificate of Achievement in Economics in 9th grade
* won the Certificate of Achievement in English in 10th grade
* won the Daily Star Nation Builders of Tomorrow Award (given to candidates getting 6 A’s or above in their O levels) for 8 A’s.
* chosen by the school to be the Closing Assembly Speaker for the Class of 2004
* chosen by the class to give the speech at graduation</p>

<p>WORK EXPERIENCE
* executive feature writer of Rising Stars, the most popular weekly supplement of a national English newspaper (average circulation figure of 50000)
*tutored a middle school student in 11th grade</p>

<p>APPLICATION
* expecting good recommendations
* want to major in English and International Studies
* essay should be ok/good (suffering from writer’s block, so not sure)
* will mention that I want to be a writer
* SAT I: will give on Nov 5th: possible score:
Critical Reading ~ 700…
Writing ~ 650…
Math ~ 650-ish? (pessimistically speaking)</p>

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<p>anyone? :)</p>

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<p>i don't understand. how can 281 people view this post and not give me any feedback? i really like oberlin so any current student, parent, alum... please do more than just check my stats. i would really appreciate feedback. </p>

<p>and i have new SAT score:</p>

<p>CR: 780
M: 670
Wr: 680 (12 essay)</p>

<p>not that it matters because you'll probably just take a look and not bother replying.</p>

<p>excuse me for being slightly annoyed. but 281 hits are a lot.</p>

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<p>Kee10,</p>

<p>I have a daughter at the Conservatory. If you are applying there, it is impossible to say whether you will get in because the audition is the most important factor.</p>

<p>If you are applying to the College, your stats are certainly well within the range of people they accepted last year, assuming that your total unweighted GPA is around 3.5 and weighted would be more in the 3.9 or 4.0 range. Your EC's look very good with both breadth and depth. With good essays (which I hear they consider important) and good recommendations, I would expect you have a better than average chance at getting accepted.</p>

<p>Oberlin is one of the few colleges in the United States that offers financial aid of any kind to international students, but they do not have a huge endowment. Hopefully they can come up with an acceptable financial aid package as well. Personally, I would be more worried about that aspect than about getting in.</p>

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<p>thank you BassDad. yes, i'm planning on applying to the college and financial aid IS a big concern for me. hopefully, it'll all work out. i really liked oberlin's approach to international students - their letters, publications, etc all seemed really international student friendly :)</p>

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<p>The discussion boards for many of the smaller LACs (except perhaps the most competetive NE schools) are often very quiet and you may get more information by posting on the Chances thread (other students will usually respond) or by formulating a specific questions (say about FA) for the Parents Forum. </p>

<p>Oberlin is a great school. You have good qualifications. Good luck with the process.</p>