What are my chances at Middlebury?

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ACT: 32
SAT II US History: 720
SAT II Lit: 740
Unweighted GPA: 3.43 (my school doesn’t have weighted GPAs, Honors, or APs)
Sex: Female
Race: White
Grades: B+/A- range
Potential Major: History and Art

Home: New York City (OOS)
Private School

Junior Classes: Art History, Modern World History, Shakespeare, African Lit, Advanced Statistics, Biology, and Latin

Senior Classes: European History, Global Politics, Creative Writing, Historical Lit, Macroeconomics, Latin, and Advanced Art

Awards:
Scholastic Gold Key winner for Art (painting)
Scholastic Gold Key winner for Art (drawing)

ECs: Newspaper cartoonist
Yearbook - President
Leadership Club - Vice President
Feminist Club
Community Service Club
Varsity Track
Varsity Lacrosse - defender, not many at my school

Volunteering: Working with children with autism
Work Experience: Internship at an art gallery, working at a investment advising company

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Do you have any financial constraints?

I would suggest that you apply if you want to. However, you definitely need to be focusing your efforts on schools which are easier to get into.

I would put it as a high reach for you. As one example, prepscholar says about Middlebury College “You’ll need nearly straight A’s in all your classes to compete with other applicants”.

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I would say that you are not foolish to apply – your stats are fine enough and you have a shot – but my guess is that you will not get it. That’s the definition of a high reach…

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Are you a recruited lax player? Have you reached out to coach? If so, that would help. With lower GPA, it will be tough to get accepted.
Apply but do not expect the best. Make sure you apply to safety schools as well.
Really tough school to get into.
Best of luck

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Explain why you want to go to Midd. What is it that you will bring to a student body of 2400 that around 8500 other applicants who will likely be rejected will not?

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I’m not optimistic. However, if you have a great portfolio, that could turn the tide. Spend some time putting together the supplement- a few great cartoons could help a lot!