OFFICIAL THREAD: Franklin & Marshall RD Class of 2011

littleathiest
Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:38:36 +0000

Accepted today (in southern CT) with a $12,000 Presidential Scholarship!

Decision: Accepted
SAT Verbal: 710
SAT Math: 680
SAT Writing: 710
SAT Total: 2100
SAT II: US History (750), English Literature (720), Math-I (720), Biology-M (640)
ACT:
AP/IB taken/scores: Biology (4), US History (4), European History, Spanish Literature, English Literature, Calculus AB
GPA weighted: 4.28
GPA unweighted: 3.80
Rank or % estimate: 1/60 but my school doesn’t formally rank its students
Essays: Common app I wrote about Model UN… both my college counselor and I really liked it. In the short answer about F&M I talked about the appeal of a small school with a tight community and the new biology-psychology-neuroscience building on-campus
Teacher Recs: excellent (i hope)… but teachers knew me well and really like me
Counselor Rec: also excellent (i hope)… the school college counselor and I get along well
Hook (if any): my prosective major is neuroscience which is a bit unusual and ties in with the new biology-psychology-neuroscience building on campus
State or Country: CT
School Type: private
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Legacy: not technically, however I did include on my application the fact that my great-grandfather attended Franklin & Marshall a graduated from it in 1907
Recruited Athlete & Sport: I contacted the field hockey coach but was not formally recruited
Important ECs: field hockey, model un, school newspaper, school choir
Other Factors: had an interview with an admissions officer whcih was so-so (she told me I was “overqualified” in the interview but that didn’t seem to have made a difference in my acceptance!!!)
General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congrats to everyone who got in!