What are my chances at Hamilton, Rice, Brandeis, Bowdoin, and University of Texas, and others?

Chance Me / Match Me
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Intended Major - Philosophy

3.8 GPA
Hispanic URM
11th Grade

Work History
• Currently working as a lifeguard

Skills
• Fluent in Spanish and currently in French III, plan to continue
• Microsoft Office (Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
• Leadership, public speaking, communication
• Linux and other computer skills (can pretty much trouble shoot any computer problem, am well known for fixing various operating system problems that usually require more expertise)

Awards and Achievements
• Superintendent Scholar 2013-2016
• National Honor Society
• National English Honor Society
• 1870 SAT (first try last year, recently retook and felt very confident)
• Captain of varsity swim team

Courses - Past, Present, Future
• AP Physics I (present)
• AP Human Geography (past)
• AP English (present and future)
• AP Calculus (future)
• AP Statistics (future)
• AP Government (future)
• AP Economics (future)
• Forensic Sciences (present)
• French I, II, and III (present)
• Dual Credit Computer Science (future)
• Dual Credit English 221 (future)
• AP Physics II (future, hopefully the class makes, as it is not a very popular class :’( )

The colleges I am currently looking at (please don’t laugh at my ignorance, I realize that some of the ones on my list are dreams and I will most likely never get the chance to attend, fingers crossed for grad/law school!) -

• Hamilton
• Rice
• Brandeis
• Bowdoin
• UT (Austin)
• Bates
• Trinity (CT)
• Lafayette
• Wesleyan
• Oberlin
• Colgate
• Hartwick

Thank you for reading my incredibly long post!

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For UT, your state of residence may be important, should you care to specify it.

Hartwick appears to be an outlier on your list, in that it is not particularly selective. You should get in there.

You should have OK chances at Lafayette and Trinity.

Pending an improvement in your SAT scores, your chances at the other schools may depend on the availability of an SAT optional policy. For a test-flexible school such as Hamilton, consider preparing for and taking three standardized exams that will demonstrate your academic achievements.

Your computer and language skills are impressive, as are some of your other ECs. Good luck.

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You have been very helpful, kudos to you! I am a Texas resident

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UT appears to have a statistically oriented admissions process. You will be likely to find yourself either nearly guaranteed admission or boxed out entirely.