Chances for an ED Hopeful!

Lehigh2017
Thu, 01 Nov 2012 22:59:02 +0000

retrodreamer -

Your stats look a little similar to mine, actually, and were both ED’ing for BioE! Anyway, I’ll go piece by piece through your stats.

Your GPA is great; a 3.4 uwGPA with that many APs is fantastic, so no, it will not be a hindrance at all! Taking all those APs makes that 3.4 look significantly better than a 4.0 with CP or other non-honors classes.

Your SAT score is good, too. You’re about at the 60-65 percentile for Lehigh’s accepted students, so once again you should be fine in this regard.

You’re acedemic rigor is also great. Lehigh is very much interested in how much you put into your schoolwork, and by taking many AP classes, honors, etc., you are showing them not only how much work you’ve put in put about your motivation and work ethic. I don’t think there’s anything more important than this criterion.

Also, your ECs are great! If, for some reason that I don’t understand, you were an “on the fence” applicant, your ECs should definitely take you over the top. You seem very dedicated to a bunch of fantastic ECs and you show a lot of leadership roles. As a side note, I run a 501(c) and we may be in need of a new website… Just a thought!

So, my very unqualified opinion is that you’re fine; Lehigh looks for reasons to accept you, not for reasons to keep you out. They should have plenty to accept you over! If you want to really seal the deal, continue to contact Lehigh and you’ll be more than OK.

Are you planning on going to med school after Lehigh? You have some great premedical ECs, so I’m just curious as that’s also my exact plan.

Best of luck! Hopefully we’ll both be BioEs at Lehigh!

Mike