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Colleges Where Extracurriculars Are Very Important

55 colleges in the CollegeCalcAI database rate extracurricular activities as very important in the "Selection of Students" section (C7) of their own Common Data Set. 1 is public and 54 are private; the median school on the list admits 14%, and the most selective are Columbia University (4%), Stanford University (4%), and Yale University (4%). Depth in one or two activities, with leadership or recognition, moves the file at these schools. A long list of memberships does not. The list is drawn only from schools with a published factor record; schools that do not report one are not assumed either way.

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55
Median acceptance
14%
Most selective
Columbia University
4% acceptance
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Estimated chance of admission for three typical students, from the same model as the calculator. Unweighted GPA; 2, 4 and 7 AP courses respectively; Regular Decision; no legacy, athletic or first-generation hook.

Which of the Colleges Where Extracurriculars Are Very Important can I get into with a 3.7 GPA and a 1300 SAT?

By CollegeCalcAI's model, a student with a 3.7 unweighted GPA and a 1300 SAT has a Likely or Safety estimate (45% or higher) at 14 of the 55 colleges here, including Oberlin College, Whitman College and Furman University. 5 more are Target (25 to 44%), such as Skidmore College and Smith College. The other 36 are Reach. Estimates assume Regular Decision and no hook; courses, activities and essays move them.

Estimated admission chance for three student profiles at each college: 3.3 GPA, 1150 SAT; 3.7 GPA, 1300 SAT; 4.0 GPA, 1500 SAT
College3.3 GPA1150 SAT3.7 GPA1300 SAT4.0 GPA1500 SAT
Columbia Universityadmits 4%4%Reach6%Reach8%Reach
Stanford Universityadmits 4%4%Reach6%Reach8%Reach
Yale Universityadmits 4%4%Reach6%Reach8%Reach
University of Chicagoadmits 4%4%Reach6%Reach8%Reach
Brown Universityadmits 5%5%Reach7%Reach10%Reach
Princeton Universityadmits 5%5%Reach7%Reach10%Reach
University of Pennsylvaniaadmits 5%5%Reach7%Reach10%Reach
Massachusetts Institute of Technologyadmits 5%5%Reach7%Reach10%Reach
Duke Universityadmits 6%6%Reach8%Reach12%Reach
Vanderbilt Universityadmits 6%6%Reach8%Reach12%Reach
Bowdoin Collegeadmits 7%7%Reach9%Reach14%Reach
Colby Collegeadmits 7%7%Reach9%Reach15%Reach
Pomona Collegeadmits 7%7%Reach9%Reach14%Reach
Swarthmore Collegeadmits 7%7%Reach9%Reach14%Reach
Northwestern Universityadmits 8%7%Reach10%Reach15%Reach
Williams Collegeadmits 8%7%Reach10%Reach16%Reach
Amherst Collegeadmits 9%8%Reach11%Reach18%Reach
University of Southern Californiaadmits 10%8%Reach12%Reach20%Reach
Claremont McKenna Collegeadmits 10%9%Reach12%Reach20%Reach
University of California, Berkeleyadmits 11%9%Reach13%Reach21%Reach
University of Notre Dameadmits 11%9%Reach12%Reach21%Reach
Emory Universityadmits 11%9%Reach13%Reach22%Reach
Middlebury Collegeadmits 11%9%Reach13%Reach23%Reach
Tufts Universityadmits 11%9%Reach13%Reach22%Reach
Haverford Collegeadmits 12%10%Reach14%Reach24%Reach
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Estimated admission chance for three student profiles at each college: 3.3 GPA, 1150 SAT; 3.7 GPA, 1300 SAT; 4.0 GPA, 1500 SAT (continued)
Washington University in St. Louisadmits 12%10%Reach13%Reach23%Reach
Davidson Collegeadmits 13%10%Reach16%Reach27%Target
Colgate Universityadmits 14%11%Reach17%Reach30%Target
Tulane Universityadmits 14%11%Reach16%Reach28%Target
Hamilton Collegeadmits 14%11%Reach16%Reach28%Target
Wellesley Collegeadmits 14%11%Reach16%Reach28%Target
Grinnell Collegeadmits 15%11%Reach18%Reach32%Target
Boston Collegeadmits 16%12%Reach17%Reach32%Target
Wesleyan Universityadmits 16%12%Reach19%Reach32%Target
Vassar Collegeadmits 19%13%Reach22%Reach39%Target
Carleton Collegeadmits 20%14%Reach22%Reach41%Target
Skidmore Collegeadmits 21%14%Reach29%Target49%Likely
Smith Collegeadmits 21%14%Reach26%Target47%Likely
Wake Forest Universityadmits 22%15%Reach25%Target46%Likely
Franklin & Marshall Collegeadmits 28%18%Reach38%Target64%Likely
Bryn Mawr Collegeadmits 29%18%Reach38%Target67%Likely
Oberlin Collegeadmits 34%22%Reach47%Likely77%Safety
Whitman Collegeadmits 38%24%Reach57%Likely84%Safety
Furman Universityadmits 43%34%Target71%Safety91%Safety
Occidental Collegeadmits 44%31%Target66%Likely91%Safety
St. Olaf Collegeadmits 48%38%Target77%Safety95%Safety
Emerson Collegeadmits 51%61%Likely91%Safety96%Safety
St. Lawrence Universityadmits 54%66%Likely93%Safety97%Safety
Lawrence Universityadmits 64%73%Safety97%Safety98%Safety
Ithaca Collegeadmits 69%87%Safety98%Safety98%Safety
Knox Collegeadmits 71%89%Safety98%Safety98%Safety
Kalamazoo Collegeadmits 75%95%Safety98%Safety98%Safety
Westmont Collegeadmits 77%98%Safety98%Safety98%Safety
McDaniel Collegeadmits 78%98%Safety98%Safety98%Safety
Saint Michael's Collegeadmits 85%98%Safety98%Safety98%Safety

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