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Asked by good vibrations.let me lay it out flat for you: i'm hispanic, from nyc, and go to a really good private school that i guess carries a lot of weight in the college realm. i get pretty good grades for my school, about 3.3 GPA (although my school doesnt keep GPA but my grade average is between a B and B+), there are no advance classes of any kind at my school, my credits are as follows: - 4 years of english (with two english classes one year), math, history, and spanish (and one year of arabic) - bio, chem, earth science, animal behavior - 3 years of visual art classes - 3 years of ethics classes - 120 hours community service - have had 2 interships in the past year my SAT scores were okay the first time (1930), and I plan on taking them a second time along with the ACT and 3 SAT II's I'm looking at liberal art schools such as Reed, Bates, Bowdoin, Conn College, Pomona, Colby, and Hamilton. being realistic, what are my chances of getting into these schools and what others do you recommend
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Answered by Wesley P
While this might not be the BEST forum for this discussion (might I suggest collegeconfidential.com which has people more experienced in dealing with this), in MY opinion, you've got a great shot at going anywhere you want to go! Your SAT scores are pretty good - I scored the same and managed to get into UCLA, USC and a few other UCs (I currently go to UCLA). Your community service and internships show personal responsibility and you're clearly dedicated towards school. When applying to small liberal art schools, you want to focus on character building experiences, as opposed to test scores, as many schools place more emphasis on personality and motivation. What kind of hobbies do you have? What do you have to contribute that other applicants don't? What makes you unique and a good asset? These aren't questions you need to follow up with here, but only things to consider. Each college is a case-by-case basis, but I think you have a good shot at most, if not all of the schools you've listed... Bates doesn't require the SAT or really any standardized test. They rely heavily on personal interviews and writing samples. You are in the middle of their scale (~3.6 GPA, 1290-1400 on old SAT) and can consider it a good shot! Good luck and you'll want to spend a lot of quality time with your admissions essays!
While this might not be the BEST forum for this discussion (might I suggest collegeconfidential.com which has people more experienced in dealing with this), in MY opinion, you've got a great shot at going anywhere you want to go! Your SAT scores are pretty good - I scored the same and managed to get into UCLA, USC and a few other UCs (I currently go to UCLA). Your community service and internships show personal responsibility and you're clearly dedicated towards school. When applying to small liberal art schools, you want to focus on character building experiences, as opposed to test scores, as many schools place more emphasis on personality and motivation. What kind of hobbies do you have? What do you have to contribute that other applicants don't? What makes you unique and a good asset? These aren't questions you need to follow up with here, but only things to consider. Each college is a case-by-case basis, but I think you have a good shot at most, if not all of the schools you've listed... Bates doesn't require the SAT or really any standardized test. They rely heavily on personal interviews and writing samples. You are in the middle of their scale (~3.6 GPA, 1290-1400 on old SAT) and can consider it a good shot! Good luck and you'll want to spend a lot of quality time with your admissions essays!
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