Please chance me-I'm not perfect!

concretepencil94 · August 6, 2011, 7:46pm

I am aware that Universities take a very holistic approach when deciding whether or not to accept an individual. Regardless, I would like to see where the college confidential community thinks I stand. I am a female Indian Maryland resident. Please chance me please.
Thank you.

GPA: 3.95
Rigorous courseload, honors and AP classes. (AP NSL, AP Chem, AP Lang, AP Calc, AP World Junior yr, AP Bio, AP Psych, AP Calc BC, AP Lit Senior yr)

Community Service Hours: 650

SAT (CR, M, W, E)
First: 2030 (750, 710, 570, 7)
Second: 2100 (700, 740, 660, 8)
Super Score: 2150

Extra Curricular Activities:
Name/Year

Key Club
President (12th)
Vice President (11th)
Editor (10th)
Member (9th)

Hope Club
President (12th)
Vice President (11th)
Secretary (10th)
Member (9th)

Amnesty International
Vice President/Co-Founder (12th)

National Honors Society
Member (10th-12th)

National English Honors Society
Treasurer (11th)
Member (10th-12th)

National Science Honors Society
Member (10th-12th)

National Math Honors Society
Member (12th)

National Social Studies Honors Society
Member (12th)

National Piano Playing Auditions
Preparatory for Collegiate Class (Highest Rank)

Summer Reading Program (+50 Hours)
I was a director of the summer reading program at the local library. I fostered and promoted literacy in elementary school children.

My main concern is that I was a part of basically every honors society and I am proud of myself for accomplishing this feat. It really bolsters my personal confidence that I have fulfilled my academic endeavors. However, my main passion is community service (and music), something that is of personal importance. Therefore, I channeled most of my efforts into service organizations like Key Club where I could do something of real social value. I was wondering if colleges would see my passion or inquiry why I did not pursue more of an active role in my various honors societies.

bernie12 · August 6, 2011, 9:25pm

Let’s see, do your scores fall into the mid-50 well? Yes. Did you get involved in something(s) that you really enjoy and are dedicated to? Yes. Given this, Do you think you’ll have a chance of getting in? You should be able to answer this? Do you think Emory is a fit? Another thing that you can answer.

I mean, you can’t seriously think that Emory adcoms are going to sit there and go like: “This girl wrote an awesome essay, seems she’s interested in the prospect of attending as she knows something about the school, seems legit into her volunteer activity, but unfortunately she did not rise to enough leadership positions in the 10^6 honor societies she was a part of, therefore we don’t think she’s good enough for Emory because she isn’t a resume whore that overextends herself. How dare her not be perfect, a state unlike the rest of our student body”. I mean come on, I think you know that if you are interested, you should just apply (really, why would you think you’d have to be perfect to attend a good school? I would not even call students at Ivy leagues, Ivy Plus, or any top schools perfect. No one is). You know you have a great chance. If you don’t gain admission, it’ll have nothing to do w/any lack of qualifications or poor stats. It’ll probably be because your essay indicates that you a) aren’t a fit(provost is considering re-shaping class to some extent to get more academic diversity, so if you aren’t a fit, it isn’t your fault. It’s beyond your control as most of the process) or b) wouldn’t seriously consider us.

These chance threads just seem so useless. I mean, most of you know that you have a solid chance of gaining admission at a school w/a 26% admit rate where your stats. fall nicely into the mid-50 (around median) and where your other auxillaries indicate EC accomplishment. With stats like that, you should really only fear schools w/less than 15-20%. That’s where it gets REALLY random at times.

*In the future, I think I’ll leave it to the first line (the presenting some criteria and checking yes or no), and not go into further detail. Based upon those 3-5 questions, you should be able to determine your chances or whether it’s worth an app. You need not defend why you chose getting deeply involved in volunteering vs. your 10^6 honor societies/school associated organizations. That, you can let shine through your admissions essays (where you should not “defend” yourself and should instead highlight the experiences you prioritized).

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