Cool School - Do I Stand A Chance?

Colleges & Universities Oberlin College
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<p>Hello All-</p>

<p>Would appreciate it if you would take a look at my info and let me know if I stand a chance…</p>

<p>Class of 2012 - large public high school in the North East - Male - Take a mix of AP & Honors classes (a college prep mixed in here in there due to scheduling)</p>

<p>Major: considering one or all - History / Political Science / Economics : may go to law school</p>

<p>GPA: 3.82
Senior Year: just started but commited to making all A’s
Junior Year: all A’s
Sophmore Year: A’s & B’s
Freshman Year: A’s, B’s & two C+'s
**Freshman year I went to a private school where I commuted 3+ hours per day. Transferred to large public school at end of freshman year. I have the long commute and a school transfer in my defense for less than perfect grades.</p>

<p>SCORES:
SAT:
1410/1600 OR 2080/2400
(CR=740 / M= 670 / WR = 670)
SATII:
World History = 740 / US History = 740</p>

<p>EC:
National Honor Society
Spanish Honor Society: elected officer
Boy’s State: elected mayor of my city & invited to be a counselor
Best Buddies: elected officer
Junior State: elected officer
Model UN
Student Council
Key Society
Track: ran track for one season - injury caused me to stop b/c I mainly play baseball I did not want to mess around with an injury in a secondary sport for me
Baseball: play year round on a variety of teams
Hospital Volunteer
Part Time Job</p>

<p>Appreciate any & all feedback!</p>

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<p>Bump,Bump,Bump</p>

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<p>This won’t be very helpful, but it’s the best answer anybody can give you:
[Oberlin</a> Blogs | Blog Entry: “What are my chances?”](<a href=“http://blogs.oberlin.edu/applying/selection_process/what_are_my_cha.shtml]Oberlin”>http://blogs.oberlin.edu/applying/selection_process/what_are_my_cha.shtml)</p>

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<p>The blog entry suggests that prospective applicants who are interested in getting some handle on their chances should compare their numbers to recent classes of admitted students.</p>

<p>That information is available here: [url=&lt;a href=“http://oberlin.edu/instres/irhome/www/cds/cds_explain.html]Untitled[/url”&gt;http://oberlin.edu/instres/irhome/www/cds/cds_explain.html]Untitled[/url</a>]</p>

<p>In the Common Data Set documents, there’s one item that’s very useful (I think) that doesn’t give out numbers and scores. It’s at C7 – under the First Year Admissions tab – and it’s where the admissions office indicates the relative importance of a variety of academic and nonacademic factors in the admission process.</p>

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<p>By the way, the Common Data Set information should be available for every college that you’re considering. It may be slightly more of a hassle to look it up yourself but it’s cheaper than the college guides that pull their information from these reports.</p>

<p>You can generally find them as one of the top results if you use this Google query:</p>

<p>[name of college] “common data set” “institutional resources”</p>

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<p>I would say you definitely have a chance, but of course there’s never any guarantee. How you present yourself in your application essays is also a large factor.</p>