What are my chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Middlebury College
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<p>I was recently referred to Middlebury College, and I have to say that it is now at the top of my list of colleges. I was curious to see if any of you could tell me if I had a good chance of being admitted.</p>

<p>Entering college: Fall 2007
Gender: Male
Prospective Major(s): English, Foreign Language
Current location: Georgia</p>

<p>SAT 1: 710 cr 600 m 600 w (I'm retaking this very soon.)
SAT 2: I haven't taken any of these yet, however when I retake the SAT 1, I am going to sign up for 2 or 3 of these.</p>

<p>GPA: 99.0/100.0</p>

<p>Class rank, as of the beginning of spring semester: 3rd</p>

<p>ECs:
Marching Band
Concert Band (first chair soprano and alto saxophonist)
NHS
Spanish Club President (2 years)
Art Club
SAGE Club (future teachers)
Literary Team
Pegasus (Honors students)</p>

<p>Awards, honors, and achievements:
English excellence award (6th- 11th grade): highest GPA in English
AP U.S. History excellence award
1st place region spelling competition winner at literary meet (soph. and junior)
1st place state spelling competition winner at literary meet (junior year)
Perfect attendance (freshman- junior year)
Who's Who Among American H.S. Students (3 years)
National Honor Roll
Nominated for the National Society of H.S. Scholars (2 years)</p>

<p>Interests:
Literature
Spanish
Musicals, theatre
Grammar, linguistics, spelling, etymology
Graphic/web design
Writing
Saxophone performance
Art
Possibly intramural soccer</p>

<p>Classes I have taken:
- Freshman year:
Honors Freshman Lit/Comp.
Honors World Geography
Algebra I & II (I actually got to take Al. I in eighth grade for h.s. credit)
Honors Biology
Intro. to Technology I
Personal Fitness/Health (Had to take this...)
Visual Art/Composition I
Band
- Sophomore year:
Honors World Lit/Comp.
Honors World History
Euclidean Geometry
Chemistry (Gifted/Talented)
Spanish I
Intro. to Technology II
Visual Art/Composition II
Band
- Junior year:
Honors American Lit/Comp.
AP U.S. History
American Government (Gifted/Talented)
Advanced Algebra and Trigonometry
Physics
Spanish II (Unfortunately, only Span. I & II are offered at my school.)
Band</p>

<p>Classes I signed up for:
- Senior year:
AP English Literature
AP Economics
AP Calculus
Honors Human Anatomy
AP Art (Visual Art/Composition III)
Journalism/Writing Workshop
Band</p>

<p>(Unfortunately, our school only offers, AP U.S. History, AP English, AP Economics, AP Calculus, and AP Art.)</p>

<p>Any input or suggestions on ways for me to make myself more appealing to Midd, other than raising my SAT scores, will be graciously accepted. :)</p>

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<p>If any moderators come across this, I think I might have perhaps posted this in the wrong place. It should have been in the What Are My Chances? forum. Heh.</p>

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<p>Hey! I'm floating on the same boat as you....i'm a sophomore currently actually, so you probably won't really take my advice to heart. But just to let you know, Who's Who Awards, and the National Honor Roll are scams...yeah, I was kind of upset too when I found out. Pretty dissapointing. But it seems like you're a very conciencious student! Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks for the reply, yepunsarang.</p>

<p>Who's Who & National Honor Roll: Scams? How so?</p>

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<p>you sound okay, but your ecs are pretty weak. you are a very typical applicant. being from Georgia will help, but you need something to make you stand out, something outside of academic achievements.</p>

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<p>Any suggestions?</p>

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<p>Have you played a sport, been in a play? It's seems most of your ECs and awards are directly associated with school stuff. Middlebury is really competitive to get into, you really will need even more than a few sports and plays to get in. Think about some sort of huge volunteer event, or maybe participating this summer in an language school abroad... a leadership conference. Who knows, you very well could be accepted with only strong academic stuff, but other things would help seal the deal (but still not a guarantee).</p>

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<p>Hi again! Um, I looked through a thread in CC, and they had official links to documents that prove that Who's Who and the other award is a scam. May be you'll be able to find it...I don't know. However, I wish you the best of luck!! If you get it, pretend i'm there to pat your back. College admissions is just so depressing.</p>

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<p>To aloutak: I have very little free time to devote to sporting endeavors, because I've large commitments to marching and concert band during all times of the year. Plus, I am more of a pure academic than an athlete. My family also does not have enough money to send me to "a language school abroad" or "a leadership conference", so I do what I can, with the little free time that I have. It's most unfortunate, but I hope that I can, in some way, show on my applications how much time I've devoted to band.</p>

<p>yepunsarang: if you happen to have the link, I would love to see it. :)</p>

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<p>Who's Who Among American H.S. Students (3 years)
National Honor Roll
Nominated for the National Society of H.S. Scholars (2 years)</p>

<p>remove these asap</p>

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<p>I tried searching for Who's Who Among American HS Students and nothing came up. Can someone paraphrase why it's a scam?</p>

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<p>yeah remove those..they are empty awards for people who have money to pay for something shiny...</p>

<p>i dont mean to bust ur chops but ur application looks VERY average...
i would say u need to emphasize something more</p>