<p>I am going into my senior year of high school and I was wondering if someone (preferably multiple someones) could help me out.</p>
<p>-I took the SAT last year and got the embarrassing score of 1630. (Horrible, I know, but I didn't study at all and am a generally horrible test taker). So, I'm retaking it in October, plus the ACT.
-I am in the top 12% of my graduating class and my school is ranked pretty high in CA.
-I have a weighted GPA of 3.5 (on the low end, I think it's closer to 3.6)
-I have been consistently taking AP and honors classes throughout high school.
-I am the lead student volunteer at a well known women's organization.
-I am a mentor in my school's asperger program.
-I am in Green Club, plus multiple other clubs.</p>
<p>I was wondering what my chances are of getting into the following schools:</p>
<p>Pitzer College
Occidental College
University of Colorado at Boulder
Humboldt State University
Loyola Marymount
The Evergreen State College
Pomona College
Oberlin College</p>
<p>Pitzer is by far my first choice, if money wasn't an issue I would apply for early decision.</p>
<p>These are all liberal arts colleges I don’t think a lot of people would be familiar with I’d really like to help you but I have no idea
Check out their websites and fast facts about their test scores, gpa… etc</p>
<p>I don’t think you should worry too much though, these colleges dont recieve a lot of applications and they care about personal character A LOT so just strengthen your essay and teacher recs!</p>
<p>Humboldt State is a good choice.
Pomona and Pitzer, idk.pretty high reach
Loyola would be a low reach and Occidental a reach as well.
good luck. apply to all, you never know.
try for cal states as well and uc santa cruz.</p>
<p>“Pitzer is by far my first choice, if money wasn’t an issue I would apply for early decision.”</p>
<p>Amanda, you posted this earlier. For you, what does money have to do with avoiding ED? Pitzer is a common app school; here are the common app instructions:
<p>Assuming an UW GPA of roughly 3.2 and 1630 SATs my guesses are:</p>
<p>Pitzer College - Reach
Occidental College - Reach
University of Colorado at Boulder - Match
Humboldt State University - Match
Loyola Marymount - Match
The Evergreen State College - Match
Pomona College - High Reach/Unlikely
Oberlin College - High Reach</p>
<p>Your chances will improve greatly with some higher test scores.</p>
<p>If Pitzer is your number #1, go ED. Just be sure to demonstrate your interest in the school in your application. As mentioned before, money should not stop you from applying ED. Plus it says on their website they meet 100% of demonstrated need.</p>
<p>There are several reasons why not applying ED can be a good decision.</p>
<p>First, even though you can back out for financial reasons, the key reason many don’t apply ED is because they want to compare financial offers. There can be a huge range in what’s offered to the same family as schools interpret need differently and meet need differently. I’ve seen many families have a wide ranger of offers from schools all claiming to meet need, and there’s typically even greater difference between packages from schools that don’t meet need and those that throw merit aid into the mix.</p>
<p>ED is not meant to be taken lightly. Schools can encourage peer schools to not accept a student who backed out of the contract. It can also hurt future applicants from your high school and your counselor’s relationship with adcom at the school.</p>
<p>^ Good reasons, but I would add that sanctions have been applied when backing out for other than financial reasons, like just changing one’s mind. It is a long time from December to May, plenty of time to lose interest in what was thought to be the favorite school.</p>
I’d really like to help you but I have no idea