Middlebury is her goal, but she needs other options...

teamfrangela92
Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:59:49 +0000

Okay, just by looking quickly at her stats, Middlebury would be a pretty large reach for her. Her GPA is really low for applying to Midd and her standarized test scores are basically like average, and her EC’s are average. Just so you know, Middlebury recently invested a lot of money into their science facilities and they are great! I’m actually visiting in early August because I plan on applying at the same time with your sister. Here are her estimated chances in my opinion:


Clark UNiversity: I don’t know what it is.
BC: Low Reach
Cornell Ag School: Reach
URichmond: Match
Colgate: Low Reach
University of Vermont: Wow, she really loves Vermont! Safety.
SUNY Stony Brook: Match
Rutgers: Safety


Is your sister looking for a strong sense of community at a school? If so, do NOT consider SUNY Stony Brook (most of the kids are commuters). Rutgers and UVermont are good safeties for her, but I would really think that she would not be too challenged when she was there. Ideally, the Cornell Ag school would be great for her becuase Cornell has a great amazing fantastic veterinary program. Maybe going Cornell undergrad would give her a step up…? I plan on pursuing animal sciences coupled with psychology, so it seems like me and your sister are very similar. Except for my stats are a tad bit higher (34 ACT and 3.8ish UW GPA). But, if you need any more advice for your sister, PM me!