Small, New England LAC's Chances

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey, I've done a few posts, but her are my updated stats that I've included in my apps.</p>

<p>School: Public Long Island School</p>

<p>Gender/Ethnicity: Male/White</p>

<p>Family Info: Income=$75000
-Parents are divorced. I live with my mom and step-dad. I have 4 siblings</p>

<p>GPA: 100.4 Weighted, 94.94 Unweighted</p>

<p>Academic Rigor: 8 AP Courses (9 exams),12 Honors
Rank: Top 5% (perhaps 6th or 7th) School doesn't individually rank</p>

<p>Grade Size: 300ish</p>

<p>Major: International Affairs Minor: Anthropology or Economics</p>

<p>High School Courses/Grades (unweighted):</p>

<p>8th Grade (Counts as High School credits)
Earth Science 95, Accelerated Math 95, Spanish 99</p>

<p>9th Grade
English Honors 93, Journalism 90, English Honors Writing Workshop 97, Global Honors 96, Chemistry Honors 95, Math A Acc 91, Math B Acc 94, Spanish 98, Orchestra 99, PE 99</p>

<p>10th Grade
English Honors 97, Global Honors 95, AP Bio 93, Math B Acc 91, Spanish Honors 97, Orchestra 98, PE 100</p>

<p>11th Grade
English Honors 97, APUSH 96, Urban Studies 100, AP Chem 83, PreCalc BC 82, Spanish Honors 96, PE 98, Health 99, Creative Writing 98</p>

<p>12th Grade (First Quarter)
AP US Govt 87, AP MicroEcon 98, AP Calc AB 87 , AP Literature 93, AP Spanish 98 , Physics Honors 89 , Intro to Photo 98, PE 97</p>

<p>SAT (death of me)
Verbal 650
Math 690
Writing 640 (Essay 9)</p>

<p>SAT Subject Tests
World History 700
Math 1 680
Biology M 630
World History 630</p>

<p>AP Scores
Bio 4
World History 4 (after taking honors)
Chemistry 3
US History 5 </p>

<p>EXTRACURRICULARS: </p>

<p>Clubs:</p>

<p>-Habitat for Humanity- 10th – 12th (Secretary 12th)
-Environmental Club – 9th -12th Vice President (11th); (Treasurer 10th)
-Dispatch (school newspaper) – 10th-12th (Managing Editor 12th)
-Huntington Outreach Peer Educators- 12th
-Et Cetera (Literary Magazine) – 11th- 12th Contributing Editor
-Spanish Honor Society – 10th- 12th Corresponding Secretary (11th) President (12th)
-Math Honor Society (Mu Alpha Theta) 11th - 12th
-English Honor Society- 12th
-National Honor Society 11th -12th
-JV Tennis- 9th </p>

<p>Volunteer
- Volunteer at Cat Shelter- 9th – 11th
-Volunteer at State Park – June 2007- Present
-Rustic Pathways- Rainforests and Volcanoes Volunteer Program- July 2007</p>

<p>Employment:
-Chocolatier (October 2006 – Present)</p>

<p>Awards:
-Science Pride Award- 9th
-National Spanish Exam- Honorable Mention- 11th
-High Honor Roll- Every quarter since 9th grade
-Cumulative GPA of 95 or over
-AP Scholar with Honor</p>

<p>Teacher Recs: Amazing</p>

<p>Essays: I think they are pretty good.</p>

<p>Interviews: Most have been amazing</p>

<p>Colleges:
-Middlebury College
-Colby College
-Vassar College
-Dickinson College
-Franklin and Marshall College
-Bates College
-Hamilton College
-Wheaton College (MA)
-Muhlenberg College
-University of Rochester
-Gettysburg College
-SUNY Geneseo
-SUNY Cortland Honors</p>

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<p>This is very long.......sorry</p>

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<p>I'd say you're definitely in at Colby. I have a friend who had very similary stats and she was admitted. Middlebury and Vassar may be reaches. Try to work on your SATs! Other than that, you should be fine!</p>

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<p>Thanks....yea I decided to not take the SATs over because I wanted to focus on college Apps, and my college counselor said that my GPA, Rigor and Extracurrics outweighed my so-so SAT scores</p>

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<p>BUMP! This is my last chance post.. i swear</p>

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<p>Tscogrady, I don't think your SATs are bad at all. I think you are in at both SUNYS, Dickinson, Muhlenberg, Gettysburg, and Franklin & Marshall and I wouldn't be surprised if you got into some of the others. Best of luck!</p>

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<p>I think you have a good shot at Bates (SAT optional). Plus: Bates makes an effort to meet demonstrated need.</p>

<p>Did you interview at Bates? Colby? Both schools attach significant weight to the interview.</p>

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<p>Yes, I interviewed at Bates, Colby, Hamilton, Dickinson, F&M, and Muhlenberg. Vassar and Midd interviews will be happening soon!</p>

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<p>So no chance at Middlebury or Vassar?</p>

<p>my college officer (who tells it like it is) says that my beastly GPA/ rigor/extracurrics HIGHLY outweighs my sat scores (which still fit in the 25%-75% ranges of every school including middlebury)</p>

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<p>don't submit sat 1's to middlebury...your sat 2's are solid, just use 3</p>

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<p>Reach for Midd and Vassar; match for Colby, Dickinson, Hamilton; in at the rest.</p>