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I am a recent high school graduate with a 3.871 weighted GPA from a fringe-rural high school with about 700 students and not many AP classes offered. I mean, I did not get to choose where to live or go to high school, so that is kind of out of my control. If anyone is reading this who got into Middlebury College, Carleton College, Colgate University, Vassar College, Hamilton College, Lafayette College, Skidmore College, Colby College, Bowdoin College, or Bates College, then can you give me some advice to how you may have gotten accepted at any of these colleges! I would really like your input!
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My high school was small like yours and also did not offer as many APs as private college prep schools. Out of the colleges you listed, I applied to Middlebury and Colby and was accepted to both of them.
Part of what contributed to my acceptances was that college admissions officers do not penalize you for circumstances outside your control. They understand that every high school has different course offerings, and so they do not expect you to take a full AP course load if your school only offers 3 APs. Rather, they simply want you to take the most rigorous classes available to you and do well in them. So long as you do the same, you will meet the academic requirements of the schools you are applying to. Hope this helps!
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