Wise parents, please evaluate my chances at Dickinson...

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<p>GPA: 3.63 UW
School Dosen't Rank
SAT(old): 1250 </p>

<p>In 9th grade I was in all regular classes except for math, and I was in integrated science and my GPA sucked. I worked the summers of my Freshman and Sophomore years to catch up and now I'm full IB after a lot of hard work and sweet talking my consuelor. So, I went from regular cclasses with a low GPA to full IB with a high GPA, but my overall is still somewhat low. I also moved from living with a bi-polar guardian who wasn't on their medication and I moved out of state after I was abonded. Will these things make me stick out in my essays and such? Should I mention them?</p>

<p>EC's:
At my old school
BPA: President
Key Club
Multi-Cultural Club</p>

<p>At my new school:
NHS (Vice President)
SNHS
Young Republicans
Young Democrats (Yes, I'm in both, I like both sides of the coin)
Quiz Bowl team</p>

<p>Here's the list</p>

<p>Also, I have done a summer internship at a law firm, have over 150 hours community service at a hospital, did the Cornell Summer program and I had to skip two years of Spanish because my old school had 6 periods for the whole year, so class of language a year. Here, it's 4x4 so you have to have 6 years. I skipped Spanish 3 and 4 and went straight to IB Spanish 1 and got an A and a B+ in IB Spnaish 2. So, in short, I skipped two years of Spanish and did very welland included it in my persoanl statement. I wrtoe the above post a long time ago so it's in the future tense. My school dosen't rank and I'm Full IB. Freshman year I was in all regular classes and took courses over the summer to be in IB. Thanks for any feedback at all!</p>

<p>I'm a male if that helps. </p>

<p>If I had applied ED what would my chances have been then? (I'm asking because my next door neigbor, a junior with similar stats is probably applying next year and is strong considering ED, plus I would like to know :))</p>

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<p>I think you have a great chance, may I say your a slam dunk? And yes being a male doesnt hurt. Perhaps you may have a shot at some merit money too!</p>

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<p>As I said to you on the other forum, Dickinson is a definite match for you regular decision. Your stats are right on their median, and being male will help a bit. </p>

<p>I would not, however, consider it a safety school for you Regular Decision because as I already told you, they take a large percentage of their class ED and EA (they offer both options) and thus RD acceptance rates are in the 44% range. A safety school is one where your stats are significantly above the medians and/or the school takes a high percentage of applicants. </p>

<p>As a match school, however, I agree with Originaloog that you have a good shot at Dickinson, but I would not call it a "slam dunk." So, bottomline: If you like Dickinson, stop worrying about your chances, get your application in, and see what happens. Good luck!</p>