biofan

Hello. My name is Stephanie. I have applied to Colgate as a regular decision canidate. Although I only applied regular decision, Colgate is absolutely my first choice school. I know that this is an over-asked question, but I some one could just give me their honest opinion about my chances of being accepted to Colgate, I would greatly appreciate it.

Academic Stats:
GPA: 4.264 (weighted) 4.0 (unweighted)
Rank: 52/535 (as of last year, updated with mid-year report)
Current Schedule: AP Calc AB, Psychology, Statistics, AP English Lang, Chem 2 Honors, AP Biology
SAT:
Math - 550
Critical Reading - 700
Verbal - 620
ACT - 28
(I am really concerned about my SAT scores. I took them multiple times (3) and took a prep course) but I am just not a strong standardized test taker)

Extra Curriculars (In school)
NHS Member (Junior/Senior Year)
Club Ophelia mentor (senior year)
Student Ambassador (soph-senior)
Yearbook (freshman-senior, currently senior editor)
Key Club (soph-senior, currently secretary)
Class Government (fresh-senior)

Extra Curriculars (out of school)
Hospital Volunteer (200+ hrs, 2005 Volunteer of the Year)
Silver Award recipient (2005)
Vacation Bible School Teacher (2004, 2005)
Girl Scout Camp Counselor (2003, 2004, 2005)
Youth Group Member (have been on numerous retreats, currently helping to plan missions trip)

I have participated in leadership conferences such as the National Student Leadership Conference (2004) and the Summer@Brown Leadership conference (2005)

Any and all feedback, comments welcome. Thank you very much!

maroon52010

i think you have a great chance. even though all of your scores aren't within colgate's range you have a great school record and extra activities. they know scores aren't the only or best indication of your knowledge. good luck!

existentialpony

Your SAT's were the only "bad" thing that caught my eye... if you're really, really intent on Colgate, I'd say change your decision to EDII... I think you'd be in then. Otherwise, you have wonderful stats.