Chance me at Smith, Scripps, Skidmore, and Hendrix

Chance Me / Match Me
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Hi! I am a senior and am about to finish my Common App. My top school is Smith, but Skidmore, Hendrix, and Scripps are all on my list and are contenders. I wanted to see what y’all thought my chances of admission and other scholarships might be at these institutions, but especially Smith.

ACT: 27
GPA: 3.7 UW
School: LSMSA (applied sophomore year and was admitted to boarding school. all courses are college level, but nothing is AP since that’s “easier” than our course work)
Awards: Girl Scout Gold Award, 2nd Place in Level 3 French Prose competition, Girl Scout Gold Torch Award, Published in statewide journal “The Seedlings”
ECs and Leadership: Newspaper (Layout Editor), Folio Literary Magazine (Communications/Layout Editor, Humanities Editor), Girl Scout (Ambassador), Ambassador for my school, started book drive Books for Babes and collected over 1000 books and donated them to children in need, involved with Poetry Club, play piano and lead worship a my hometown church

Profile: White, Lower Middle Class (less than $30K a year), living with single parent

Let me know if I should mention anything else that could help gauge an answer!

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You should be admitted to your first choice school, Smith College, in my opinion.

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Do you think Smith would be good with Financial Aid?

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Smith College is great with respect to awarding financial aid.

Last year 61% received financial aid packages averaging $53,800.

Tuition & fees were $54,224. Add Room & board of $18,130. Books & personal expenses need to be considered as well when planning your budget.

After grant aid (doesn’t need to be repaid), the average Smith student received a 75% discount resulting in an out-of-pocket cost of just under $20,000 ($19,777).

You should be admitted to Hendrix College as well.