What do you think my chances are?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Wellesley College
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<p>My Chances?</p>

<p>3.7 GPA (unweighted). Top 10% of class of 476.
710 writing, 660 reading, 600 math (I have a documented learning disability that makes these tests more difficult for me, I'll submit an additional letter for that.)
ACT-- 36 reading, 33 english, lower in math, but again, the disability. All averages out to a 28.
Most rigorous courseload my school offers (except AP calc), lots of AP classes.
Black female. Skipped a grade, so will be 17 all freshmen year in college.
Possible Int'l Relations/ French/ Philosophy/Chinese major. :D</p>

<p>My resume (things indicating specific location are starred out):</p>

<p>Internships
*******Special Education Department (12)</p>

<p>Community Service
Music in the Parks—guide (9, 10)
Tutor in high school French, Literature and Social Studies, tutor in college Philosophy and Literature (9, 10, 11, 12)
Student college advisor for sophomores, juniors and seniors—(10, 11, 12)
Work on Obama campaign at **********High School (12)
Work on local campaign (11)</p>

<p>Clubs/Teams
Out of the Cave Philosophy Club—founder, president, and instructor (10, 11, 12)
Debate Team—Varsity Debater (9, 10, 11, 12), president (11, 12)
Mock Trial—Head of defense, witness (9, 10, 12)
Beta Club—Chairperson of Induction, student orator (9, 10, 11, 12)
French National Honor Society/Club—Foreign Language forum 4 time superior rating (9,10,11)
******* Color Guard—advanced rifle line (12)</p>

<p>Arts
****** Advanced Choral Ensemble member—Soloist, dancer (9,10,11)
******** production of The Wiz—Evillene (9)
******** County Honor Chorus—Soprano 2 (10, 11)
******** production of Annie—Annie (10)
********Arts Center—Most talented dramatic actress (11)</p>

<p>Honors/ Additional Leadership/ Additional Education
Superintendent Scholar Award (9)
Honors Night French Award (9)
Junior Statesman Summer School at Princeton University—Political Philosophy and Political Communications (10)
Most original essay topic for Political Philosophy—“On Plato’s Views of the Arts and Censorship in Society
****<strong><em>female representative at Regional Literary Competition for Extemporaneous Speaking—2nd place in region (11)
*</em></strong><strong><em>Kids’ Foundation (11, 12)
Spokesperson for *</em></strong>*Foundation (11, 12)
Spokesperson for excursion to the Galapagos Islands (11, 12)
Face of the foundation (11, 12)
Environmental Protection Agency conference presenter(11)
Student presenter and representative
National Achievement Scholarship Outstanding Participant (12)</p>

<p>I really enjoy interviews, and my essays and reccomendations should be pretty solid as well. What do you think?</p>

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<p>I think your extracurriculars are certainly very impressive. Since you have the documented learning disability your tests should be fine too. But I'm just a prospective so I really don't know what I"m talking about haha</p>

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<p>Your SAT scores being a little bit invalid makes it hard to know, but you look very competitive and I think you have a great chance!!</p>

<p>I'd try to find a way to organize your ECs better, though. You won't be able to put them on the Common App that way. I know it's hard when you do music.</p>

<p>I plan to be a philosophy major too (ethics or philosophy of mind) and I also sing (Sop II). Hopefully I'll see you at Wellesley, if I get in!!</p>

<p>PS You can chance me back on my thread, if you want ;) Hahah I'm a little anxious for replies.</p>

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<p>Looks good--I'd echo what discoball said about the tests, I'm sure they'll take that into account. ECs are very impressive. I had a bit of the same problem with grouping them on the Common App that flying-pig is talking about...I'm a violinist, and I ended up putting my most significant music EC on its own and then grouped a bunch of other stuff together (sounds more disorganized that it actually is). Good luck! </p>

<p>P.S. Soprano I's for the win :)</p>

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<p>Thanks so much, everyone! I'm applying EE, and am crossing my fingers!!!</p>

<p>Soprano IIs are the BEST. I'll sing from Sop. I to tenor if my chorus teacher needs it. :D It's pretty funny. Soprano II's the fav, though! </p>

<p>I really do need to find a better way to organize this stuff. Jeez. </p>

<p>What other schools are you applying to?</p>

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<p>My chorus teacher has me sing Soprano 2 for pretty much the whole term so that everybody gets it and then switches me to Soprano 1 like a week before the concert. It's a fun time. :) </p>

<p>Right, well, the litany as of right now (pretty much finalized): </p>

<p>Wellesley, Middlebury, Bowdoin, Williams, Swarthmore, Bryn Mawr, Mt Holyoke, Colby,
Connecticut College, Smith, and UMass Amherst. That's in no particular order, since I'm well aware of the fact that I'm from Massachusetts and people like me are kind of a dime a dozen, so I'm not about to decide which ones are my absolute-can't-live-without favorites. </p>

<p>How about you?</p>

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<p>Mine are similar, but a little crunchier:</p>

<p>Wellesley, Haverford, Wesleyan, Vassar, Oberlin are my top 5 by a lot.</p>

<p>My chorus teacher is constantly switching me to Soprano 1, which is what she claims I "truly am", but I really prefer Sop 2 because it's so much more interesting singing a middle part, I think --
I should stop now before I write an essay... hahah</p>

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<p>I'm applying to Wellesley, Smith, Swarthmore, Mount Holyoke, Yale, Brown, Georgia State, and Agnes Scott. </p>

<p>Looks like we've got some schools in common! Cool beans, guys. :D</p>