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My Stats:

1500 SAT-800 SAT Verbal, 700 SAT Math
800 Spanish, U.S History, and Writing SAT IIs, 690 Math SAT II.
APs: U.S History (5), European History (5), Chemistry (4), Biology (4), Statistics and Probability (4), English Language and Literature (5), Art History (5), Spanish Literature (5), Spanish Language (5.) Straight honors throughout high school, and possibly the heaviest academic courseload ever achieved in the school.
ECs: Internships with Democratic Party, ACLU, and an Art Museum (Art Museum is the longest), some awards in painting, awards in essays in the humanities, Model UN, Debate, Political Science Club, Theater, Spanish Club, NHS, Spanish Honor Society, Published Poet and Short Story Writer, Wrote Two Novels and an Epic Poem, EIC Newspaper, EIC Literary Magazine, Lambda Activist, President of Ethical Awareness Club with focus on gay rights.

I have to note, though, some of these were kind of inconsistent. I did the Spanish Club three years out of four only and Model UN and Debate intermittently, but enough to get credit for all four years.

What do you think my chances are at Oberlin? Would they write me off as not a serious applicant, though I'm extremely interested in their creative writing program?


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By Stifmeister (Stifmeister) on Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - 05:22 am: Edit

In my opinion.. you're in. Just show some enthusiasm in the app and essays.

By Leftyleftist (Leftyleftist) on Saturday, June 12, 2004 - 12:05 pm: Edit

Hey! I just finished my junior year and I'm trying to figure out where to apply to college this fall. What do you think my chances are here? Any other college recommendations? Thanks!

Entering senior at a top 10 public high school in California
GPA: 3.55 UW/ 3.67 W (upward trend)
SATII Writing: 800
SATII Literature: 690
I'm taking the SATI in October after I do test prep this summer
By the end of senior year, I will have taken 8 APs and 1 honors class (AP Music Theory, AP Psych, AP Euro, AP US History, Hon. English, AP English, AP Gov/Econ, AP Stat, AP Calc AB)

-Member of Junior Statesmen of America
-Mock Trial- 2 years
-Vice President of Philosophy Club
-Staff writer on school newspaper
-Member of Amnesty International- 3 yrs
-Member of History Club
-I'm starting a book club and a Democratic club next year, both of which I'll obviously be president of
-Member/Volunteer at Feminist Majority Foundation
-Volunteer/Organizer for John Kerry for President/ Kerry Campaign Writers Bureau/ Students for Kerry (about 15 hours a week)
-Participated in National Youth Leadership Forum for Law in Washington DC this spring
-Won the underclassman award at my school 2 years in a row, once for English, once for Precalculus (each teacher picks one student from years frosh-junior to give an award to for academic excellence)
- I'm in the Gifted and Talented Education Program (GATE) at my school
-Took classes at UC Berkeley every summer I've been in high school (got straight A's in them)
-Taking classes at local community college as well
-Wrote a novel (unpublished) and 2 plays, one of which was performed at UC Berkeley
-I don't know if this will factor in at all in assessing my grades, but my mom has been unemployed for a year, on top of which there was a death in the family, the combination of which made for a stressful junior year to say the least. :-( However, my grades have definitely rebounded, and this semester, I have a weighted 4.0
-I'm a very strong writer and will be able to get good recommendations.

If someone could let me know what you think my chances are, that would be great!!

By Jblackboy05 (Jblackboy05) on Monday, June 28, 2004 - 05:29 am: Edit

Hey everbody I plan on applying toOberlin this fall, what are my chances?
3.9 GPA unweighted
4.1 Weighted
1450 SATs(700 Math, 750 Verbal)

Track-2 yrs
California Scholarsphip Federation-3 yrs
Key Club-2 yrs
AP Club-co-founder and president( few of my classmates mates and I started club in order to create a support group for AP students on our campus)

Volunteer at Local Hospital-3 hours per week in the NICU or Nursery Intensive Care Unit

Started Middle School Mentoring Program for minority students

Interning under a ob-gyn this fall at local hospital probably

This year I'm taking AP English 11, AP U.S. History, AP Psychology, Chemistry, Trig-Precal, and Spanish 2

Next Year I'm taking AP English 12, AP American Government, AP Physics, AP Calculus AB, and Spanish 4 AP

California Governors Scholarship
Who's Who Among High School Students
National Honor Roll

Black Male from Cali who wants to go pre-med

By Jblackboy05 (Jblackboy05) on Friday, July 02, 2004 - 02:02 am: Edit

BUMP BUMP BUMP

By Dave72 (Dave72) on Saturday, July 03, 2004 - 11:40 pm: Edit

Jblackboy, I would assume your chances would be very good, especially if you have strong recommendations.

By Monkeyqueen (Monkeyqueen) on Saturday, August 21, 2004 - 06:19 pm: Edit

how about a 1340 sat, 690 history, 650 writing (will retake) 4's on ap history/ap psy. a 3.55 uw and a 4.2w?
a part of human rights, fbla, environmental, and lots of volunteer work.
(being asian probably won't help me though)

By Dave72 (Dave72) on Saturday, August 21, 2004 - 09:05 pm: Edit

You're certainly in the ballpark. A lot will depend on your HS record and recommendations: the GPA is less important than the range of courses you've taken and what your teachers will say about you. Being Asian certainly won't hurt. Good luck!