The Eternal Question

Colleges and Universities A-Z Middlebury College
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<p>Do i have what it takes to get into middlebury?</p>

<p>GPA: 3.7-4</p>

<p>ACT:30 without prep plan to take again</p>

<p>SATs: no results yet</p>

<p>I take the mostly the hardest classes my school offers</p>

<p>Junior year:2 aps, calc ab and spanish language</p>

<p>Senior year plan to take 4 aps: calc bc, spanish lit, english lit, economics</p>

<p>I go to a competative prep school that doesnt rank, but if they did i would be in the top 15% if not the top 10%.</p>

<p>extra-cariculars:</p>

<p>Senior Class President
Proctor
Honor Council
Spanish Honor Society
President of Debate Club
President and Founder of Young Democrats of America at my school
Philosophy Club
Epycs
Childrens Lit Tutor
Heros
Gold Key
Big Sib
Staff writer for student newspaper
i play the bass for the concert choir
Freshman Class Vice Prez</p>

<p>Varsity Lax and Varsity TEnnis</p>

<p>My real interest however lies in my T.V. show</p>

<p>In the summers i direct, produce and host my own tv show on public access tv. I fund the show with the money i make directing other t.v. shows. To date i have interview a senator and a few famous journalists.</p>

<p>Summers:
Summer school at Philips Exeter Academy: Honors marks
Work on T.V. show
This summer i have arranged to work in the senate.</p>

<p>my dad went upenn undergrad and yale grad if that helps </p>

<p>i am a white male, i live in colorado, and i have adhd</p>

<p>im interested in politics, communications, and business</p>

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<p>I think you have as good a shot as any. Don't forget that you won't be the only one at your elite prep school wanting a spot at Midd. Therefore your chances are a bit reduced particularly if there are others in your class that have similar grades/EC. Play up the TV show as the other EC's are similar to most everyone else vying for a place at Midd. Good luck.</p>

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<p>the tv show is a great hook...if you work hard and put together a solid application i think you have a very good chance. just know that midd looks at your 1st semester grades of your senior year, so try to keep them up, if not improve them</p>

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<p>You suggest that he gets his grades even higher however he posts his GPA at 3.7 to 4.0. That GPA is clearly, based upon statistics the school posts, enough to gain acceptance at Midd. It seems to me after being on CC for about a year that all of these posts giving one's statistics may good good for moral support but should not be a guideline for a substantive evaluation if it will get you in. The schools like Midd and other top 15 lacs handpick their classes based upon an attempt to have a well rounded class where the students' backgrounds compliment each other. If you have the posted stats then you get the foot in the door. Then it is the admin committee that combs thru our resumes with an eye to an end result upon we can only guess . I think we can figure out what individual resume doesn't meet the school's requirements but for others to say it looks good for admission is too speculative but a nice gesture. </p>

<p>If we prospective students visit a school, research the website and hear from current students what their resumes looked like then in our heart of hearts we know the answer to the question "do I have a shot"</p>