Was it wrong for me to fall in love with Middlebury!? Chance me to tell!

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<p>Hello guys! I am in love with Middlebury, and just wanted to know if I should even bother applying ED2! Thank you guys for your effort to chance me! ( I am applying ED1 to another school, not sure which one though…)</p>

<p>I am double majoring in Economics and Mathematics and minoring in Arabic, Thanks!</p>

<p>SAT I: Not sending lol
ACT- 32 Composite, Writing Score: 10
SAT II: Mathematics IIC: 780 Spanish w/ listening: 750
Unweighted GPA: 3.4
Unweighted Rank: Top 35% (Our school does not weight GPA to figure out class rank. Students who take rather easy classes and do not challenge themselves in any matter pull off 3.8’s like nothing. Counselor wrote I would have been in the top 10% if they weighted GPA however) </p>

<p>Freshmen Courseload: Accelerated and Honors</p>

<p>Sophomore Courseload: Honors, AP European History</p>

<p>Junior Courseload: AP English (4), AP US (3), AP Psy (5) Rest were Honors </p>

<p>Senior Courseload: All AP’s and local University courses.</p>

<p>Major Awards: YMCA Community service award, 1 state recognition for community service, county recognition for community service, and one from our town mayor for community service. Other miscellaneous awards too. </p>

<p>Extracurriculars: Medical Club President (9,10,11,12) 4 hr/school week, SIHC (Students for Improving Healthcare)(9,10,11,12) –Co-founder, and have been featured in two newspapers 4 hr/ school week, Student Government Vice-President (9,10,11,12) 4 hr/school week, Gay-Straight Alliance member (11,12) 1 hr/school week, National Honor Society tutor for Mathematics – 3 hr/ school week, Math Olympiad- compete ten times a year. I also have a custodial account on Ameritrade (10,11,12) 5 hr/week. </p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: Citibank internship ~300 hours and I donated my pay to Free the Children’s program to help adults in third world countries take out a loan to start a business. </p>

<p>Volunteering/Community Service: Ronald McDonald House – 40 hours total, Community Hospice- ~210 hours, Local Hospital (giving patients flowers, changing sheets, etc.) 125 hours. I have also participated in many marathons and walks concerning diseases such as diabetes and aids. </p>

<p>Summer Activities: 3-week program Summer @ Brown, Tutoring mathematics in the Library for NHS, Journeymen Wrestling clinic- 3 hr/week, Wrestling tournaments-125 pounds and I have a nice trophy collection, Travel Soccer- 4 hr/ week. Mosque Youth Group 10 hr/week</p>

<p>Essays: Very good, proofread by 5 close people. </p>

<p>Teacher Recommendations:
1) My Spanish 5 Honors (no AP in my school) teacher who is a Middlebury graduate wrote me one. Excellent, one of the best she wrote! We are very close.
2) My AP English teacher who graduated from Stanford wrote me one. We are close.
3) I also got a letter of recommendation from Citibank. My supervisor went to an Ivy League graduate school, and wants me to work for Citi when I graduate and during the summers in college. </p>

<p>Counselor Recommendation: Excellent, he said it was concise and specific.
State: New York
School Type: Competitive Public near Adirondack Mountains (~ 450 kids in my class)
Ethnicity: Pakistani
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Middle Class; need financial aid. EFC= 12,500
Hooks: My recommendation is from a teacher who graduated from Middlebury? I am not sure....</p>

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<p>honestly its completely up in the air, but I would say you have a decent chance!
Pros:Recs, ECs, Community Service, URM, awards
Cons: GPA/Class Rank, potentially seen as spread to thin/not passionate (but this entirely depends on the essays, if you can somehow show how all of your ECs relate to your passion(s) then it would be a pro not a con :)</p>

<p>I really think you have a good chance, but your GPA/class rank will hurt you significantly
luckily the recession is making LACs easier to get into :wink: and you are an outstanding applicant (sans GPA). I would obviously try to pull your GPA up so that you’re more like top 25%, but besides that it seems like you’ve got everything in order.</p>

<p>Good luck! I hope that you get in :)</p>

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<p>Well, my counselor did say that I would be in the top 10%! Thanks though!</p>

<p>Bump!</p>

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<p>I think you have a good chance you seem to be active in school. They loved that I was involved in so many things. Keep up your involvement and show that you are dedicated.</p>

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<p>Do I understand you are a current Junior? And your teachers have already written your recommendations? While S asked in the summer, he sat down with each person in the early fall which I felt was ideal because he had matured a lot over the summer. And not to be sexist, but sometimes boys can use all the time to mature that they can get! :)</p>

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<p>For real, 10 char</p>

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<p>You took 1 non honors class in your junior year, though (physics). But you got a 100 so that’s a good GPA booster. :)</p>