<p>I am applying to college this fall and I'm chosing between Cornell Human Ecology, Colgate, Emory, and Boston College. I have backups as well, and I can't chose which one is best. They include Bucknell, Trinity, U Mich, and Colby. I am a caucasian female and live in NJ. What are my chances of getting into the above schools? </p>
<p>GPA: 4.29 in top 10% of class
SAT: 1410/2130
Math- 760
Verbal- 650
Writing- 720</p>
<p>Volunteer/Work:
Babysit (3 hours/week)
Volunteer with Paws for Pups at PETCO (2 years)
Work at a daycare center every week (3 years)
Volunteer at Camp Sunshine during the summer (working with disabled children)
Girl Scouts
Vice President of Project Interact(community service club)
Club Projects include: MS Walk
Ride for Life(walk for ALS in New York)
Cartridges for Cancer
Eastern Christian Children's Society Fundraiser
Southside Johnny Concert(raising money for local ALS
patient)
I started a project collecting phone cards in my school to send to Walter Reid Hospital for wounded American soldiers who have fought in Iraq. This enabled them to call their families. </p>
<p>Sports/Music:
Soccer
-Freshman Team-9th
Junior Varsity-10th
Varsity-11th and 12th
Maroons Soccer Club(3 years)
Piano Lessons(for past 10 years)
-Superior rating three times in Pompton Lakes Music Festival
-Perform in yearly recitals
Spring Track-9th</p>
<p>Honors/Clubs:
National Honors Society
Spanish Honors Society(3 years)
President of Community Service in Spanish Club
Yearbook Club
1 0f 3 juniors(class of about 400) nominated for NCTE Writing Award</p>
<p>That's most of it...Any comments are helpful. Thanks!</p>
<p>Cornell (Human Ecology)- slight reach
Emory- slight reach
BC- match
Colgate- safe match</p>
<p>bucknell would be the safest of your 'backups,' but all schools listed are very competitive to get into and i'd call them matches more than safeties (colby, michigan oos, trinity)
i'd maybe add union as a better safety- similar to trinity and bucknell but much easier admissions.</p>
<p>and ckmets- why do you have bc as a match yet colgate as a safe match?</p>
<p>3 people from my school got into colgate and waitlisted/rejected at BC this year. It is slightly easier, though the student profiles at the two schools are remarkably similar (i think BC has slightly higher SAT averages)</p>
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Cornell Human Ecology, Colgate, Emory, and Boston College
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I think you're competitive for all these schools, with BC and Colgate being MATCH to weak MATCH for you. Emory is a weak MATCH to slight REACH. Cornel is a slight REACH.</p>
<p>For Emory, to maximize your chances, you will want to demonstrate interest by doing an official campus tour, attending one of their fall regional visits by admissions counselors, and/or ordering the DVD/video from their website. Further, they consider "very important" your essays, teacher recommendations and EC's. Your EC's don't stand out -- will you be able to convey a bit more luster to them? I assume by your weighted GPA that you've challenged yourself with academic rigor. Also, regarding your stats for Emory... your SAT CR score of 650 places you at about 30-35th percentile of enrolling freshmen; your Math score of 760 is above 75th percentile, though. About 90% of the enrolled freshmen were ranked in the top 10% of their graduating H.S. classes.</p>
<p>Yea thanks Norcal...I'm in the top 10%, I've visited Emory, and my essay will be very good-- it will tie in my volunteering at a camp for disabled, which is something that has made a big impression on me</p>
<p>Stillmanz,</p>
<p>Your volunteer work at the camp for disabled and some of your other volunteer activities present a commonality in theme that I think would be an excellent platform for a meaningful personal essay. In looking at your EC's again, it seems that the way you've presented them just doesn't say much about you. You can help yourself by making sure that any mention of your EC's on your apps is accompanied by some kind of accomplishment or meaningful impact on you or others. If you have had an official tour/visit of Emory, that will serve as "demonstrated interest" to them -- they've made it evidently clear that they like applicants who like them. Emory has the advantage of affiliation with the Carter Center, which may be a good influence for you as well. Good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks for telling me about that. I just looked at the website and it sounds like something I would be interested in.</p>