Wash U, Bowdoin, Colgate, Colby, Macalester Chances

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hey! Can you guys give me chances for the following schools: Wash U, Bowdoin, Colby, Colgate and Macalester. Just give me an idea for each one thanks.

ACT: 32
English: 34
Math: 32
Science: 32
Reading: 30

GPA W: 4.1
UW: 3.9

4 AP’s before senior year (Euro 3, Physics B 3, US 4, Lang 5)
Taking 5 senior year (Lit, Psych, French, Stats, Gov)
First Semester (AP Lit A, AP Psych A, AP French A, AP Gov A, AP Stats B ) = 4.8 GPA

Common App essay: Very Strong
Recommendations – teacher: Very strong Other: Incredbile!! Counselor: strong

No ranking at my school. Top 10% (The highest percentile recorded at my school) in a class of 755 (have no idea where exactly in the top 10% I am)

Activites:
Creative Writer/Blogger
10+ time published poet in Teen Ink Weekly & Creative Communications and other literary magazines. Published by America Library of Poetry — finalist in competition(they still haven’t come out with the final final results). Finalist for PTSA Reflections.

****Attended Kenyon College’s Young Writers Workshop.
Classes taught by esteemed creative writing professors. Lived on Kenyon College’s campus for 2 weeks. Honed my craft as a write, performed readings. (Very Hard to get into. Prestigious writing program for high school kids)

  1. Theatre Member of Laguna Beach Playhouse community theatre. Part of mentor/buddy program within youth theatre acting as a leader for younger and new students. I write plays, act, direct, work backstage all at a professional level. Huge commitment of professional level theatre
  2. Music: Instrumental Trumpet section leader in Wind Ensemble 3x Chapman University Honor Band. Performed with Grammy Winning floutist Nestor Torres. Performed with Grammy Nominee guitarist Mark Turnbull.
  3. Foreign Language 3 Hours per week 36 Weeks Member of ESL tutoring & became president my second year reshaping the program to create more personal relationships with tutors and students. Worked with kids of lots of different backgrounds, cultures, languages, etc.
  4. Other club/Activity Junior Lifeguard program assistant/Lifeguard Assistant to counselors. Junior year spent 2 weeks shadowing lifeguards and 1 week in front office with program director. Trained as a beach lifeguard
  5. Foreign Language French club Treasurer & Culture/Media officer In charge of club’s finances. As club culture/media officer I choose French themes, music, activities, and food for meetings. Spoken french only.
  6. Academic JHC, NHS & CSF member Involved in tutoring at school and at the public library. Chosen for JHC; picked by teachers — among 20 boys and 20 girls from my class of 755 kids.
  7. Athletics: Club Ultimate Frisbee club founder and president Founder and president of club. Casual pick up games.
  8. Athletics: XC Ran since Freshman year 4 Year Athlete
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If your so interested in writing, why don’t you consider Northwestern? I know its aa trench but its worth it.

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You’ve good ECs and a good GPA track, I think you’ll get in. Best of luck

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Northwestern is not the environment i was looking for and I’m not pursuing a career in writing. Any specific chances for each school anyone?

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Bump

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Your scores and GPA are in line with all of the schools you’re applying to, but none of these schools are a sure bet, even for a strong applicant. Your ECs are very unique and if your essays are truly strong, I think you have a good chance of being accepted to at least three of these schools. My cautious estimate is as follows:
Wash U: high reach
Bowdoin: reach
Colby: match
Macalester: low match
Colgate: low match

Also, did you apply to any safety schools?

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@123wombat‌ Yes. I’ve already been accepted into UVM Honors College with a 16000 per year scholarship. I’d seriously consider this option even if I got accepted to every other school on my list above.

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Considering your interests, I think Colby would be the best fit. For students interested in the humanities, the personal attention, focus on writing and undergraduate research, and interactive classes really can’t be beat.