Hiphopopotamus78

Male
Caucasian
Medium sized Public High School in Boston suburb
GPA W: 4.80
GPA UW: 4.0
Rank: 1/228
SAT I: 680 CR 710 M 750 W (will retake)
SAT II: 710 US History 660 Literature (will retake)
ACT: 31 (10 on essay)
AP's: 3 junior year (AB Calculus, English Composition, US History)-waiting on scores
Senior Schedule: 6 AP's (Latin Virgil, French, BC Calc, Physics, English Literature, Psychology)
EC's: 4 years varsity golf
3 years varsity tennis
2 years marching band (percussion)
2 years concert band (brass)
4 years French Club (treasurer sophomore year, president senior year)
4 years Latin Club (vice president senior year)
Founder and president of International Club (participates in cultural meetings and celebrations as well as relief efforts and fundraisers)
National Honors Society (president)
3 summers interning for the mayor of my city (Boston suburb of 28,000 people-did clerical work as well as special projects including a local historic sites website, recycling, and a "Clean Up Our City Day")
Community Service: somewhere > 200 hours
Brown Book Award Winner
Finished Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior Year with Excellence (all A's)
Recommendations: will be from guidance counselor, Latin and English teachers junior year, and mayor of my city


Thank you very much!

Tzar09

Do you have time to retake both SATs and SAT2s? I assume that means you'll be taking something in November, which sucks.

I don't really know how to read your chances (does anyone, really?). You have really good grades and a strong course load (which are the most important things), but I just don't see passion (but what do i know?).

I guess your probably pretty into the language thing, which would be really good if you frame yourself as a language or classics major, but hmm. What have you done outside of school? Can you elaborate on the community service hours? With that, it really matters what you did, not so much for how many hours you did it. You should consider entering some contests the first half of next year-- I'm sure they have some short of french or latin oriented dealy.

Make sure you sound like a deep, thoughtful person in your essay and you might get in.

Hiphopopotamus78

Yeah I'm going to have to do the October and November SAT dates =/. And I can see what you mean about the passion thing. I'm hoping to present myself as someone with a great deal of interest in writing (I think it is one of my strengths and I'm hoping to show it in my essay) and languages/global studies. However, I really have no idea what I want to major in in college. My community service is from my internship (no pay) and marching band, but I'm most likely going to add more hours in different activities the rest of the summer. As for contests, I've won chapter awards for the National French Contest three times (I can never quite get a National award), but I will take your advice and look for more opportunities. Thank you for the advice!

TaylorAnn11

I agree with Tzar09; most Bowdoin students not only have strong academic qualities but a passion that sets them apart from the rest of the applicants. Just make sure you don't present yourself as just a strong student; that much will be evident in your app.

ExcitedG

I just heard of Bowdoin this week. How competitive of a school is it?

Tzar09

Scores Verbal Math Composite (out of)
SAT I * 650 - 760 650 - 740 1300 - 1470 (1600)
* 25th - 75th Percentile

Other Stats
Top 10% of HS Class: 89%
SATI / ACT Required? Neither

Acceptane Rate: 18%

That was an edited version of what's on college(p)rowler .com.

Tzar09

**they had gotten the SAT range wrong, so i changed it to what the Bowdoin site says..

bicycle

Honestly, I think you have a pretty good chance, even with those SAT scores and extracurriculars. My SAT scores were better, but your ECs are more extensive than mine. I got in, so I figure you have as good of a chance as anyone! Just work hard on your essays.

Hiphopopotamus78

Thanks guys!

bump

Hiphopopotamus78

So I really love Bowdoin and figured I'd resurrect this thread