Which am I more likely to get into: Wesleyan, Bowdoin, or Middlebury?

Chance Me / Match Me!
1

I am a junior and currently have a UW GPA of 3.67, but it will go up to an UW 3.7 ish by the end of my junior year. Currently, I have a 2060 on the SAT (Math: 600, Reading: 760, Writing: 700), I’m planning on retaking it, and I’m a full IB student. I have strong ECs, including a National Championship for a Civics competition, being Captain of my Debate team, Mock trial, ballet, model un, ballet, national honor society, and awards for Poetry (plus other stuff). I am very passionate about politics and law, and I know I want to go to Law School. Currently, my top choices are Wesleyan, Bowdoin, and Middlebury. I love them each equally for undergraduate, and I am definitely applying ED to one. So which one do you think I’m most likely to get into?

2

you’ll have a tough time getting into any of those

3

I don’t know much about admissions at those schools. Both Bowdoin and Wesleyan are test optional. Is Middlebury? Still, I would try to get your math score up. I think Bowdoin is smaller than Wesleyan so that already means fewer spots. Look at the stats for each in terms of percentages admitted. Wesleyan has ED II. I’m not sure about the other two but you might consider applying to one of the others ED and Wesleyan ED II.

4

@uesmomof2‌ Middlebury is test flexible. They require some form of standardized test, but it can be three SAT IIs in different areas of study as opposed to the SAT I or ACT.

5

The schools have very similar SAT ranges, though as was mentioned, Bowdoin and Wesleyan are test optional and Middlebury is test flexible, so all three are fairly comparable in that regard. Bowdoin has the lowest acceptance rate of the three and Wesleyan the highest, but again, all three are very selective. Your chances are likely comparable at all of them - you should apply ED to the one you like most.

Also, an important point: Yes, the ED acceptance rate is higher than the RD acceptance rate at all of them, but that is mostly because ED is filled with athletes getting “tipped”, legacies, and other strong applicants. Applying ED doesn’t really give you much of a “boost” so you should only do ED if you truly love a school and aren’t interested in comparing aid packages (though all three schools meet “full need”).

6

bump

7

@APsooof‌ why do you say that?