<p>Please chance me for the following schools (higher on list = higher interest):</p>
<p>Dartmouth
Amherst
Williams
Middlebury
Bowdoin
Colgate
William and Mary
Trinity (in CT)
Wesleyan
UVM</p>
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<p>Gender: female
Ethnicity: white (sadface)
Grade: rising senior
School: one of the top publics in CT
Financial aid: no
Intended major: English or political science or history</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.48 (2 C's/2 B's freshman year but upward trend since then)
Weighed GPA: 4.36
Class rank: top 5% of 350
Courseload: most rigorous, most APs possible</p>
<p>SAT I: 2260 total (750 CR, 710 M, 800 W) - will retake
ACT: 33 composite (35 E, 32 M, 35 R, 30 S) - will retake
SAT II: 760 US History, 750 Math II, taking Literature this fall
AP: 5 US History, 4 Chemistry, other scores yet to come</p>
<ul>
<li>Founder/President of school's outdoors-related club (hiking, kayaking, skiing, etc)</li>
<li>Member of varsity soccer and varsity basketball teams (not recruited for either)</li>
<li>Volunteer at children's hospital, local library, historical center and with Habitat for Humanity (200+ total hours volunteering)</li>
<li>Tutor middle schoolers twice a week</li>
</ul>
<p>Essays: will be excellent (writing is by far my strongest suit and greatest academic love)
Recs: should be glowing</p>
<p>Hook of sorts: My dad works in admissions at a private institution in CT. Through him, I've met and spoken with admissions officers/deans/high-up-people at nearly all the schools to which I'm applying and - according to my dad - I've left good impressions on all these people. For example, I've had dinner with the dean of admissions at Williams - at his house - and spent a good amount of time talking with him.</p>
<p>You seem rather solid. I mean, you don’t pop out, but that is how it goes in these threads. Anyway, you stand a good chnace at almost all, with D, W, and A being reaches, as they are for almost everyone. Anyway, good luck dear, and oh, your GPA is not that bad. Sure, you had a rough start, but you pulled through and made it to the top 5 percent, a definite feat. Kudos, and, well, I hope we BOTH get accepted to D and W, for I am applying there too this fall. :P</p>
<p>Haha, we’re almost identical in the fact we’re both white girls from top public schools in CT.</p>
<p>Anyway, you’ll have no trouble getting into UVM and Hamilton, if you raise your SATs and continue working hard senior year, you definitely have a shot at your top 3, but they’d still be pretty decent reaches. Considering most colleges recalculate your GPA for their own standards, I wouldn’t worry about it being “low.” Just keep working hard and you’ll be fine. Good luck!</p>
<p>If one of the deans can pull you in you clearly have a great shot.</p>
<p>Coming from a top CT high school comes with it’s own set of issues. Your classmates are your first line of competition and many will be applying to the same colleges. Good chance many are legacies at these schools. In the end, how you stack up against them will be key. The CT pool is a tough one, get the scores as high as you can.</p>
:P</p>