<p>Public NY School
3.5 GPA 3.7 Weighted
SAT- 660 CR, 640 MATH, 630 Writing
SAT II - ONE SEMI-BAD ONE (620 BIO)</p>
<p>Activites
-VICE PRES JSA
-PRES of FED Challenge
-Track and Field
-Football</p>
<p>2 Junior A.Ps
4 proposed Senior A.Ps</p>
<p>Anyone know my chances? Any comments wanted</p>
<p>I’ll be blunt… your GPA is sub-par and your SAT’s are low. I’d say no if engineering… and… not really for arts and science. good luck though… get those scores up and you might have a shot.</p>
<p>never say never…i got in this year with a 1310 and a 3.5. show your interest and write a great essay.</p>
<p>Does it make it any better if I mention that I jumped a year in math and I play and active role in a local soup kitchen. Also I plan to go ED</p>
<p>solomon-</p>
<p>id say most people here are being a bit under-optimistic about your chances at admission. this isnt to say youre going to get in… id probably put bucknell in the ‘high match’ category for you… but you certainly have a chance, especially if you apply early decision. </p>
<p>i guess i think of it this way: are your numbers good enough to at least get you considered for admission? definitely. from there its down to soft factors… great recs, a great essay, demonstrated interest, early decision… whatever you can do to set yourself apart from the rest of the borderline applicant pool. so visit, spend a night, write a fantastic essay… and hope for the best! </p>
<p>good luck!</p>
<p>Solomonenator,</p>
<p>I was admitted to the college of engineering RD with similar SAT scores (660 CR 660M 650W), so I would not be discouraged. I think my required essay helped distinguish myself a bit, and it won’t hurt to also write the optional essay (I didn’t).</p>
<p>MY DD was waitlisted at BUcknell, Hamilton and Conn college( all liberal arts) but accepted into Syracuse( newhouse), Villanova, Boston College,Lafayette, SUNY Bing. Rec’d merit money from Loyola, F&M and G’burg.</p>
<p>Her Sat’s were 710V, 600M, 700W
95% avg… top 5%
SAT2’S were 680 and 750
AP’S were 4’s and 5’s
Excell recs
Great EC’s—2 varsity sports, clubs,NHS, comm service, student gov’t and class officer</p>
<p>DD friends were accepted at schools they thought were reaches and rejected from matches…</p>
<p>Very bizzare</p>
<p>That is very weird however; when I went on the tour at Bucknell they emphasized that they didn’t want to be a safety for the ivys. Maybe they thought that ur friend was using Bucknell as a safety because of how good her grades were?</p>
<p>goingtobroke- that doesnt sound bizarre to me at all- the waitlisted schools are all very competitive…</p>
<p>anyways, i think the OP has a decent chance at Bucknell- a low reach.</p>
<p>Based on the OP’s stats which seem lower than my DD’s I think Bucknell is high match. But as I said I have learned that college admissions are unpredictable, even bizzare.</p>