What are my chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Barnard College
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<p>-I am applying Regular Decision to Barnard:</p>

<p>-I am a 17-year-old caucasian female from NY</p>

<p>-I have an unweighted GPA of 3.8 (my school does not weigh GPAs)</p>

<p>-My class does not rank (I go to a VERY small private school, with only 16 kids in my graduating class)</p>

<p>-I have taken honors classes throughout high school. I took only 1 AP class last year (English Language and Composition) which was the only AP course offered for 11th grade other than AP Biology and scored a 4 on the AP. This year, my AP classes are AP Bio, AP Euro, and AP Literature along with Statistics and Spanish Conversation and Composition</p>

<p>-My SAT composite is 1990 (I took it once) CR-730 M-520 W-740
For SAT IIs, I scored 720 Literature and 570 Spanish Reading</p>

<p>-My interview could have been better (I felt like I did not show how interested I really was in Barnard)</p>

<p>-My recommendations should be great, especially my counselor recommendation</p>

<p>-My supplements were very strong. As supplementary materials, I submitted a PDF of my photographic portfolio with an artist’s statement.</p>

<p>-My college essay was really awesome. I talked about my job in a hippie store in my town, the different groups of people that I meet there and their role in the small town community. It was also about me as an observer, and what dealing with different types of people has taught me about interpersonal relationships.</p>

<p>-For work experience, I have had my current retail job 3 days a week since June, I worked at the Rockland Parent/Child Center, I was an assistant camp counselor, and I babysit</p>

<p>-I have been a Spanish and Latin Peer Tutor, I volunteered at the library summer reading program, and at the Martin Luther King Center Festival of Peace. I also acted in a Shakespeare play to benefit charity, and was part of the Kennedy Center Imagination Celebration. </p>

<p>-I have been a member of the Childrens Shakespeare Theater Company since I was 12 and put on 2 full-length Shakespeare plays a year. I am also in a theater club at school and do tech for school plays. I was also part of a school literary magazine and the yearbook photography/layout staff</p>

<p>I took a Crafting of the Essay course through Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth Program</p>

<p>For photography, I took Photo I in 10th grade, created an Independent Study photography class for myself at school, and have taken four classes at the International Center of Photography School in NYC.</p>

<p>I won High Honor Roll in 9th Grade and have been on honor roll every other year. I was nominated for the National Honor Society, and received the Michael B. Fauci Scholarship award from my school last year.</p>

<p>So, what are my odds?</p>

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<p>Congrats on your achievements, amartin12. But nobody on this board can give you odds or chances or anything like that. I know you know this, but I had to say it! </p>

<p>What i can say as a mom of a Barnard Senior and one who has been on these boards for a few years now is that I can see Barnard being interested in your being there. I personally think you would be a good fit. Your chances for admission would depend upon your actual application and on what the ad coms see as the needs for the class they are assembling for next year. </p>

<p>Best to you!</p>

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<p>If i may just give you some advice...
If you can, submit PRINTS of your photos.
That's what I did. I sent about 20 photos. I was told specifically not to send a CD/attachment/whatever anything electronic because there is no guarantee that they'll actually look at it whereas if you send something tangible, they have to look at it.
Especially since this year will be a record-breaker in terms of the # of applicants, you should send them something that they don't have to go out of their way to look at</p>

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<p>Unfortunately, I shoot black-and-white film, so I can't make duplicate prints. I emailed the admissions office my portfolio, but is there anything else I should do?</p>