Chances of acceptance?

MichaelaW · 08-24-2008, 07:34 PM

Please just take a quick look at tell me what you'd think my chances of admission would be at Colgate? Thank you!

Stats:

- I currently have an unweighted GPA of 3.8-3.9.
- I am currently placed 70/670 in my class (this will go up by the end of the year)
- My SAT's, which are pathetically mediocre (I WILL BE RETAKING THEM.):

*Critical Reading = 660, Math = 570, Writing = 640
*Total of 1870/2400

- SAT II's

*Literature: 630

- ACT:

*Composite: 28
*English: 30
*Math: 25
*Reading: 30
*Science: 25

Course Rigor:

By the end of my high school career, I will have completed 6 AP/College-level classes and 6 Honors classes.

Just for the heck of it, here's my senior schedule:

-AP English
-AP Economics
-AP Biology
-Pre-Calc.
-French
-Syracuse Univ. Project Advance: Psychology
-Child Psych. II

EC's:

*As for other activities, I have been a Girl Scout since Kindergarten, and am in the process of obtaining the Gold Leadership Award, the highest honor available in scouting.

*I am very active in my school's French Club, and I plan on running for president for this upcoming year (only seniors are considered for the posistion of President).

*I am also planning on becoming the Secretary for my school's National Honor Society.

*As for community service, I currently have approximately 150 hours and I am currently doing part-time volunteering at a local clinic for girls suffering from eating disorders.

*I spent a week and a half this past summer in Belle Chasse, LA helping to rebuild the home of a Katrina victim.

*I also attended the National Student Leadership Conference with a concentration in National Security and the Intelligence Community.

*I am studying the Arabic language outside of school through an adult education program.

morrismm · 08-24-2008, 09:11 PM

If you love Colgate, apply. But do not be disappointed if you do not get in. Your stats are below their incoming first years. My S is a student at Colgate and has higher SAT and class rank than you. My D was waitlisted at Colgate with higher stats than you-even with a brother attending. She now attends an Ivy! Last year' s valedictorian at my kids HS was rejected.

Colgate is very hard to get into. Apply, but consider it a reach.

colinization · 08-24-2008, 10:52 PM

Better than your chances at Cornell, at least. Still, pull up your SATs dramatically (or just take ACTs) and land some solid SAT 2s.