Chances for a Worried Applicant

PinkSummer09 · 07-15-2008, 11:47 PM

Oh, college.

I'm a white female from Massachusetts. I come from a mediocre high school that does not send many students to top colleges (and VERY rarely to Ivy League schools). I am taking the most demanding course load my school offers, but we only offer something like 8-10 AP classes. No one from my school will be applying to the same schools I will be.

I think I'm a decent writer, so my essays will be good. I can get good-great letters from teachers.

Click on my username, then under "Biography" copy and paste the link to see my profile with scores, activities, and awards. I have not yet taken SAT subject tests, but I know that I have to. Ideas for which ones are the easiest?

I plan on raising my ACT score: I took the test the first time not knowing ANYTHING about its format (I earned a composite score of 30), but now I have a book that I'm using to study. I took the SATs twice, but I found that my scores were average (600 to 690 for each component) and I was better-suited towards the ACT. I would really prefer to NOT take the SATs again or to submit my scores.

Also, would my chances improve if I applied early?

Thank you for all of those that respond, and best wishes to all of you!

Schools:
Amherst
Bowdoin
Brown
Skidmore
Middlebury
Williams
Dickinson
Emerson
Providence

P.S. I KNOW I need to find safety schools. These are probably all reaches. :[

PinkSummer09 · 07-15-2008, 11:53 PM

I forgot Colby !

My arms are tired from reachinggg.

Claire1016 · 07-16-2008, 12:41 AM

I don't think you'll have a problem getting into dickinson or emerson. I'm not sure about the other schools, but you're definately in emerson's middle 50% for the SAT.

pjh90zzang · 07-16-2008, 01:04 AM

don't you have to send your previous SAT reasoning scores if you must send your SAT subject scores?

simpson98 · 07-16-2008, 09:46 AM

That's probably a reasonable list. Dickinson, Skidmore, Providence, and possibly Colby are all match-ish, and you stand a good shot at getting accepted to them. You should probably add a true safety onto that list just to be sure, but you already know that. I'd try and bring up your ACT scores for the others, even a 1 or 2 point increase would help dramatically, good luck!